Opinion
Heroes among us: Still leading us in times of peace and war
While most of the crowd was facing south or east during the end of the 2013 Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Park, I looked west and south for a moment.
In doing so, I saw on Monday two heroes... With a cluck, cluck here, and cluck, cluck there
One of our favorite shows is America's got talent. Usually it's not for the talent in the beginning of course, but because of the lack of it.
However, a few years ago we found our...
Tribute to heroes: A serious lesson from a toy helicopter
I will try to describe with words, the post-holiday sounds in the Close house since I opened my most unusual Christmas gift as an adult: Whine. Thump. Whine, Rattle. Whine. Whine, whine rattle. Whi...
Judge Judy vs. Jeopardy: Smart, relevant people choose smart, revelant TV
Is most modern American TV programming really that measurably intellectually inferior, or does it just seem to be stupid, boring and spectacularly unoriginal?
Before I answer that question, let... Praying for rain -- til Saturday night
The extra batteries are in the camera bag; the spare knee brace in the suitcase.
As I prepare for a late week trip to Tennessee and Kentucky, I have one huge fear: That something big will happe...
Letter to the Editor: Benghazi Answers?
Supporters of President Obama will stand by him no matter what. It is interesting that Chris Mathews is now a critic at least temporarily. Critics of Pres. Bush an...
Lessons in news photography
I've been asked to teach the basics of photography to some area teens. I enjoy this part of my job -- sharing what I know (or think I know) with others, especially the people we call "kids... Pastor's Blog - PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
The show, "Neat," on the ION network has inspired me to get back to a regular practice of going through my stuff and organizing it by the "keep, give away, toss or re... Fantasy Explorers: Why men REALLY refuse to ask for directions
“Why are we going this way?”
“Where are we going?”
“Why can’t we just go the way we always go?”
I have heard these questions countl...
The Prayer of Mike: 10 words of wisdom from an Iowa farmer
Every so often, a new prayer craze catches on among American Christians. Someone writes about a new or newly re-discovered way to find God, or at least talk to him.
Soon, a cultural phenomenon...