Opinion
Big Bang Therapy
How do you spell therapy? You COULD pay someone big bucks for them to say, "uh huh, yes, I understand why you feel that way...what I hear you saying is...now why do you think that you feel this way?"...
When life hands you a lemon orchard
Sometimes life doesn't go quite as you expected, sometimes you win the lottery and you can't imagine it being any better. But there are times it doesn't. The saying, "If life hands you a lemon, make l...
The Problem with Multitasking
As a mom, you learn quickly that you can't simply do one thing at a time. You learn that you have two hands for the sole purpose of juggling. When I first became a mom, I had it together. I knew...
Letter to the Editor: Health Insurance Concerns
EditorI have watched, at least partially to the many vying for the Democrat Presidential nomination. The first debate was too boring to watch to the end. I am still attempting to watch the recorded...
Letter to the Editor: Courthouse Bell
Dear Editor, My spouse tells me that I have a pretty good memory but that I sometimesget the facts confused, but I thought I would give this a shot anyway. It seems like a few years a...
Fossil Fuels, Wind, Water, Solar
In between fighting with my computer, thanks to some sort of virus or malware that I picked up, I try to write stories. This requires pictures. Because of the aforementioned computer issues, I can't ...
Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal
Editor:A rebuttal to a comment by Darrin Linsey.Spin – A+ Narrative A+ - substance F-How can you call Paul Manafort incarceration in Solitary Confinement a “fairy tale”? You make it seem like it is ...
Letter to the Editor: Question concerning flashing lights on vehicles
Dear Editor,As I was driving home in the evening this past weekend, I noticed a Benton County Conservation pickup coming into town near the fire station, with it's red and blue lights flashing. Peopl...
Letter to the Editor...and the Iowa Delegaion of the House of Representatives
Dear Editor, and the Iowa Delegation of the House of Reps.
Something strange is happening in the DOJ the FBI and CIA; Paul Manafort
being moved to Rikers Island and placed in solitar...
Another day older, fortunately not deeper in debt
The only constant in life is change. I don't like change. I like things steady and sure, a bit mundane. A bit boring. I'm not so sure that I can say it's been that this year. Pondering...