Finally: Time to put Total Dale Earnhardt policy to work in Iraq

VINTON TODAY
September 2, 2010 11:26 am

Finally, seven years after George W. Bush told the world that the war in Iraq would start “at the time and the place of our choosing,” America now has the chance to do what I wrote in March of 2003 that we should do to bring long-term peace and prosperity to Iraq, and the rest of the Middle East.

Dear Editor,

VINTON TODAY
September 2, 2010 8:08 am

Dear Editor, We have been hammered by the press and many elected leaders about the consequences of allowing the so called "Bush Tax Cuts" to expire.

Peeking at the Guest Book: A beginner's guide to grief

VINTON TODAY
August 27, 2010 3:11 pm

“You gave away one of our secrets,” said Frank, the Funeral Home Guy. We had just buried my mom — and three weeks to the day later, my grandfather — when I wrote the following words: “Some people think that the purpose of The Guest Book is to keep track of the people who attend a funeral or visitation, so you can properly thank them.

Another Thank YOU to our Vinton Today readers!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 27, 2010 5:45 am

Dear, dear readers and contributors. As I sit at the computer once again check the e-mail, and find I have a few minutes break before the next wave of e-mail, I wanted to tell everyone thank you.

19th Amendment turns 90

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 26, 2010 12:38 pm

Today marks the 90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the amendment that allows women to vote. The whole idea that women had to prove they had enough brains to vote, seems pretty lame.

A voice from the past, August 24, 1913

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 24, 2010 10:36 am

I love history. The more personal the history the better. The other day I stumbled across this letter to an editor dated on this day back in 1913.

August health risk: Beware of allergy sufferers like me

VINTON TODAY
August 23, 2010 12:39 pm

Public Health Departments all over the U.S. should be, right now, issuing the following public health warning: “Beware: This is the time for seasonal allergies.

Human Descrepancies

LEAH C. MORGAN
August 23, 2010 10:22 am

There’s one thing you can rely on. You can be certain of it even when everything else is questionable. People are unpredictable! That you can be sure of! Count on it! They don’t fit into proper categories like a straight line of grocery items typed up and printed off of your handy dandy desktop.

Hey, is that...it is!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 19, 2010 12:11 pm

This last weekend I had an unexpected visit with an old friend. It was one of those things when you look across the room and say, "Hey, that's.

Not everyone who opposes '9/11 Mosque' does so out of fear or prejudice

VINTON TODAY
August 18, 2010 11:43 am

Sometimes it’s hard to take sides on an issue because many of the people most loudly involved are so terribly wrong. The proposed Islamic Cultural Center near Ground Zero – dubbed the 9/11 Mosque – is such an issue.