Opinion
Happy New Year!
I will be taking off on Friday and Monday over the New Year holiday. No, I won't be flying off to some exotic location or doing anything spectacular. I'll be working, but not on anything that you will...
Letter to the Editor: Your tired, your hungry, your poor
Dear Editor, Is there a second Statue of Liberty on the border between the United States and Mexico? I thought it was outside New York. "Give us your tired, your hungry, your poor"... ...
Letter to the Editor: If we aren't happy is it our fault? Or...
Editor: In the opinion page of the C.R. Gazette and the D.M. Register today Nov. 27 there is nothing right with the world. Someone is a...
Letter to the Editor: The assault of the Institution of Marriage continues
Dear Editor,The Neo-Dems continued their attack on our society, our institutions, and our families today with the signing of the ludicrously named “Respect for Marriage Act”. Just what is “marri...
Letter to the Editor: Time to Move On
Dear Editor, Did you hear George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and others turn over in their graves and mutter a collective, "You've got to be kidding me" recently? I did...
Letter to the Editor: Benefits to Vinton Living
Dear Editor, Vinton is the place to be; to live. I speak from my position of an 85. year old male living in a local nursing home. My wife arrived in Vinton three years ago, me two.Our family lear...
Vinton, the City of Christmas Lights
Part of the fun of Christmas is the build-up to the big day, December 25th. The Christmas wish lists, the smuggling gifts into the house to be wrapped and hidden or snuck under the tree. My favorite ... How mosquitoes came to Hawaii, Science Edition
Sometimes I read something that leaves me scratching my head. Like this one in the Iowa Capital Dispatch entitled, "How mosquitoes came to Hawaii."Now, the Iowa Capital Dispatch is a left-leaning publ...
Letter to the Editor: Something to Consider
Dear Editor, It doesn't matter if you vote red or blue, this is a humanity issue & it affects every one of you. For every hospital, doctor, nurse, health care professional, ...
Reading my mind: 1st Amendment
A few weeks ago I had a note disagreeing with something I said. Then the writer ask me not to cite what was said, so I won't but there was one line that made my mouth drop open for a couple of reasons...