Opinion
The Zimmerman case, and the right to get out of the way
While teaching my kids to drive, I tell them, “You sometimes have the right of way. You always have the right to get out of the way.”
This lesson also applies to life -- and the big...
The rise of the psychopathic machines
Psychiatrists say that people who think machines are out to get them are suffering from some form of mental disorder.
But they only say that because some machine is telling them to.
I have ...
'Our Natal Day,' The world's best July 4 poem
Years ago, I bought some old (late 19th century) books at a book sale for an organization in Independence.
One of those contained the following poem, written around Centennial of our country. ... A mobster, or a teenager? How to tell the difference
National Public Radio was rebuked by at least one listener a while ago because they aired a story in which a college student referred to a Florida town as “gay,” with “gay”...
A Mr. (try to) Fix It\'s Father\'s Day to remember
Ah, Father’s Day.
The day for dads from all over to do special things, go to nice restaurants, and receive phone calls and other messages of appreciation while they celebrate the importan...
Father\'s Day: Thanks is never enough
Today as we celebrate dad's day, I think about my dad, his dad, my other granddad, my husband, my son in law and my son, who is soon to be a dad, my father in law and his dad, both whom have pa... Upstream or down, we are all in floods together
Ann and Jim Kuhlman’s lives changed forever when the Winnebago River flooded their Mason City home in 2008.
Ann, a lay pastor, received a sur...
To the Editor: Benghazi – Cross Border Authority?
There has been no satisfactory explanation of why Leadership was unwilling or unable to launch a rescue mission to save Americans at the Benghazi sub conciliate, and likely we the people will neve...
Opinion: Congratulations on 5th Anniversary
On the occasion of the Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home's fifth anniversary of being in business, my brothers and I wanted to honor the milestone by saying than... 'WILD” LANDS CAN BE RURAL OR URBAN
Centuries ago, “wild” prairies, wetlands, forests, and savannas soaked up water, holding it on and in the land like a sponge. Floods were rare.
Now...