Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Culture problem results in Violence
Editor:
Another school shooting by a person bent on evil and/or revenge! What has been done since Columbine? Photo ops by politicians and demonizing the NRA, have done nothing to stop this evil vio...
Returning your seat to the upright position
Our official 30th Anniversary photo
Sometimes we write articles and leave them as a draft until they "cool" and we see how we like them later. I thought I'd take a gander through the file and see ... Last-second Valentines to help the forgetful and unromantic
Valentine's Day: Time to fill in the blank!
Dude, wake up!
It's Valentine's Day.
Unless you want to be in BIG TROUBLE, there are already flowers, notes, cards, St. Louis Cardinals season tic... Let"s Do Something about our Failing Mental Health System
[et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"]
In our culture the mind is separate from the bod...
No News Is Good News
Last week, I was doing my usual, "how many stories do we have for today's email?" query, and found we had 3.
Three?
That's all?
I mean sure some days we run around 15, sometimes cl...
Watching the SOTUS with my Eyes Shut
I admit it, I love politics.
Most of all I love the funny things that happen in politics.
Sometimes, there are things that are just glaringly funny.
For example, to kick off President's Trump... To the Editor: ALEC continues to work to keep Iowa's working class down
By Jim Hessenius
OurState Senator Tim Kapucian and Representative Dawn Pettingillhave sold our public service people down the river in the name of progress. They helped destroy 40 years of collecti...
Letter to the Editor: Government shutdown a result of failures
The Federal government shutdown demonstrates political failures on multiple levels by the majority party, to wit:
1: Failure by the majority whips (Senator Cornyn and Representative Scalise) to bro...
Animal protection laws: Iowa's among weakest in nation, says group
Imagine getting a phone call from your favorite TV character, at 2:52 a.m.
That actually happened to me, sort of, this week.
I didn't hear the phone, which sleeps in another room, but at 2:52 a....
Baseball vs. Life: A new season
Emily Cashman decorates for Valentine's Day at Flowers by Nature's Corner.
By Dean Close, Editor
Out of sight, invisible as you look over the frozen, barren terrain, await the seeds of spri...