Opinion
Raspberries after the rain
One of the surprises I have discovered living in the rural areas of northern Benton County are the wild raspberries that grow each June.
I do not have the same green thumb my grandfather...
The lessons from 'The House That Built Me'
You won't find many people more critical of virtually all of modern American entertainment than me.
I consider most of our movies, TV shows and music to be lame, unoriginal and simply dull...
How a baby girl helps teach the hidden lessons of grandparenthood
There are few things in life, I have learned, as great as grandparenthood.
Hardly a day goes by without offering me another opportunity to experience the inspiring j...
New news is still news, even though if some in the old news world don't know it
For some people, the idea of a newspaper that exists only on-line is a surprisingly new, perhaps even radical, idea.
But for others, the response seems to have been, “Well, it...
Ask before you Act
Dear Editor,
The gull of some people. I will never understand why it is some people don't have respect for others.
I had a tree topped off this past Fri. morning. Before I got home from...
Thanks from Jr. Journalist Katie Langstraat
Thank you everyone for the support towards my time as a Junior Journalist. My goal is to write more stories and take more pictures during the summer including my own babysitting blog type story st...
Time for new leadership in Iowa
It is time for fresh, new leadership in Iowa - and Rod Roberts is the right man for the job. For nearly a decade, I have worked in the Iowa House of Representatives, and have seen firsthand t...
Is our education important?
As a blind or visually impaired Iowan, I am bothered by the actions taken in the past decades to reduce the quality of education being offered to the blind and visually impaired children of this st...
Is the education of Iowa's visually impaired no longer important?
As a blind or visually impaired Iowan, I am bothered by the actions taken in the past decades to reduce the quality of education being offered to the blind and visually impaired children of this st...
More graduation advice for 2010 seniors — and the rest of us
The best graduation speech any one could deliver is to read Dr. Seuss's "Oh the Places You'll Go."
Everything else, including this column, is second-best.
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