Opinion
Eastern Iowa Honor Flights thanks Lions Club
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight would like to thank the Vinton Lions Club and all the supporters who made the recent chili feed a great success.
Our web site is eihonorflight...
Letter to the Editor: Thankful to be American
As Thanksgiving day approaches I feel certain blessings.
One and the most important - I have been born an American. Where I am not subject to a system that restri...
The grandfatherly 'crown'
The baby was sitting on her grandfather’s lap, with Grandma sitting next to them. She sat there contentedly for a while, but then she looked down and saw that ...
Pledge of Allegiance
While working on our Veteran Salute, I ran across this piece and thought, "Oh the FUN of the internet!"
I love listening to the "old" guys and gals and their take on life in...
Letter to the Editor: Let voters have say on Conservation funding
Let the voters decide! Let the voters decide! That was the mantra of the campaign season. Well, 63% of the voters decided to create a Natural Resources & Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund...
Letter to the Editor: Brad Zaun offers better way in Congress
The year 2007, Democrats take over Congress. The House elects
Nancy Pelosi Speaker. In her opening remarks she states that there
will be no more deficit spending. Since that time the de...
A vote for the question that raises countless more questions
I wish that people who write government documents would get in the habit of putting legal questions in a way that is more easy to understand.
For example: The Constitutional C...
Monday night philosophizing
Whether it’s a quirk or a benefit, a curse or a blessing, I often find myself thinking about things that would never occur to anyone else.
When I got my first job at a newspaper, I spent ...
Why it may be time to put the car in 'R'
Editor:
Have the radicals of the 60’s and their offspring finally won? We have a leadership ...
Letter to the Editor: Why replace judges who make own laws on marriage
Memo to R.S.: This is not an ouster, but a retention vote. What happens if they are not retained? --- someone else gets appointed. &nb...