Why the USA PATRIOT Act needs a new name

VINTON TODAY
May 24, 2011 10:10 am

       When you walk into the nearest Social Security office, the first person you see is a man with a gun. The first words you hear are "Why are you here?"      At first, you think: "Seriously? Who's going to rob (or otherwise harm) the Social Security Administration?" Then you remember that it's a federal building, all of which are under orders for special security.

Hard choices vs. easy news

VINTON TODAY
May 20, 2011 7:39 pm

       The pundits are often saying that politicians are letting us down because they fail to make the "hard choices." Energy policy.

What a grandpa wants...

VINTON TODAY
May 19, 2011 12:42 pm

        For the first time in a very long time, we have very little new news to put on Vinton Today. And since I have written before that TV stations and newspapers should be honest enough to say, "Hey, there's nothing really that exciting going on.

The second-best graduation speech for the VSHS Class of 2011

VINTON TODAY
May 19, 2011 10:25 am

       Congratulations! Today is your day!      No, wait. That is someone else's graduation speech, the best one ever written or shared during a commencement ceremony.

What we do, and what we don't

VINTON TODAY
May 16, 2011 11:28 am

       Imagine this: You are at a restaurant, eating your steak and chicken. (Unless of course you are a tofu and salad type; if so, imagine that.

Natural Born Citizen?

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
May 16, 2011 5:25 am

  Editor:              Is there a real possibility that our President may be ineligible for the Office he holds?  Opposing voices proclaim bigotry or racism or some other –ism or -phobe.

RESURRECTION FAITH

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
May 13, 2011 11:35 am

  Acts 2:14a, 22-32 I Peter 1:3-9 In the movie, "UP," we see Carl's front door door and listen as he unlocks, one by one, six locks follwed by the drawing of the chain bolt.

Comments, Please!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 9, 2011 4:01 pm

One of my favorite things about working on the website is all of the comments that we get. Sometimes they are REALLY, REALLY well written and I want to put them through, but I CAN'T.

Des Moines Register Series on Healthcare Misleading

MIKE RIEGE
May 9, 2011 11:06 am

  April 23rd an article written by Clark Kauffmann of the Des Moines Register wished to make readers believe that Home Healthcare in the state of Iowa has no oversight, which is just ridiculous.

WHOSE WE ARE, part five 'When We Give'

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
May 6, 2011 2:59 am

  This is part five of the series, "Whose We Are" based on Wesley's Covenant Prayer.  Please see an earlier post for the complete prayer.