Opinion
Advice and definitions for city-dwelling farm writers
In order to enlighten us city folk journalists about the realities of farm life so we can write better stories about farming, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the ...
Regifting etiquette: Making the most of Christmas 2011
After learning what you received for Christmas from friends, family, neighbors, customers, associates, and your ex-sister-in-law’s first husband’s second...
\'Moonbeam\' history
A 30-year-old nickname that made its way back to the headlines of early 2011 has had many in the American media digging up old newspaper articles to find out why, and...
Keep Facebook about faces, PLEASE!
Tonight I turned on the computer after a few hours completely off line, checked into Facebook, had those warm fuzzies as I commented about how we had just had our whole family out for our Christmas...
Provoking your New Year's agitations with force and persuasion
Every year at this time, we hear people talking again about "resolutions."
Lose weight.
Stop smok...
Old Long Gone Song: An ode to resolutions soon forgotten
It only takes, according to people who like to count this stuff, about 17 days for the average American to say, "Oh, never mind" to his or her New Year'...
The sights and sounds of a prison in progress
In a few months, perhaps, the unwilling occupants of the new Benton County Law Enforcement Center will hear the sound most-often associated with prisons: The echo of... Why many in law enforcement are concerned about Iowa\'s new \'Shall Issue\' gun law
If – under the new law that went into effect Jan. 1 – Mark Becker had walked into the Butler County Sheriff’s Office on the morning of June 23, 2009...
A friendly visit from the Ghost of Christmas past
For Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past was sort of creepy and scary. And sad.
But for us, this year, it was kind of cool....
'The View' for men offers evidence there is no constitutional right to be heard
We were playing one of those “tell your secrets” board games.
The question I had to answer: Which of your five senses would ...