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Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Questions
Dear Editor,I have a few questions for our residence military veterans, specifically John and Bill, who regale us with military stories of the younger selves. The Trump administration has found themse...
Letter to the Editor: Civil rhetoric in our politics.
Dear Editor, Politics has never been civil. Much as we might like it to be, it will never happen. The agendas - platforms of the national parties are too far apart. &nb...
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This Maryland Man is no Leonardo DeCaprio
Back in the good ol' days when late night shows were actually funny, Jay Leno had a segment that he called, "Stupid Criminals." In this week's episode would have been the story about a Maryland m...
Letter to the editor: The school improvements real deal
Dear Editor, A few years back the Vinton-Shellsburg school board sent a survey to all voters on a proposed school bond for some facility improvements. The goal was to decide if voters would support th...
Snippets: Science, Sneaker Smooching, Smelter, Splicing, Sunny, Sobs and Spouses
ScienceThe Olympic Games have had an epiphany. According to an MSN story, "Transgender women are set to be barred from competing in female categories at the Olympic Games following a landmark scientif...
Letter to the Editor: "Rules of Civil Conversation"
Dear Editor,Aren't we all tired of the finger-pointing blame game? Can we have ONE CONVERSATION where neither side mentions party affiliation in their narrative? Republicans AND Democrats (read: ALL O... Des Moines: New Headline, New Nonsense, No Newsflash
Nurturing nonsense, neglecting nuance, and now nuking a noble employee is normal for the Des Moines Public Schools. Naturally, I need to remind you that this is Des Moines Public Schools, the non...
Letter to the Editor: re: Character
Dear Editor Interesting comments on my last article. It would be easy to suggest the Democrats screwed up ACA the first time, we should not expect they can do any better next time. S...
Letter to the editor: 18 million dollar school in Shellsburg?
Dear Editor,I attended the final forum for realignment for the Vinton-Shellsburg School District. I was disheartened by the lack of participation from the community, but I understand why. I don’t fe...
Letter to the Editor: What is character? Admitting a mistake and correcting it.
Dear Editor,Was the Affordable Care Act affordable? I think that is a big NO. So we have aa shutdown over this. Democrats need to admit ACA, Obamacare, is too expensive and fix it.&n...
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