Opinion

To The Editor: \'Blanket of Blame\' covers more than just teachers

By Daryn J. Hamilton   To the Editor: I would like an opportunity to respond to the Opinion: VS top 25 ranking is nothing to be happy about Mr. Tilson, the problem you’ve...

To the Editor: VS top 25 ranking is nothing to be happy about

Vinton-Shellsburg Schools ranked #25 in the State To the Editor: Just reading the headline on this letter, one would think that we've achieved a distinction worthy of public attention....

Letter to the Editor: Better security technology is the answer

Recently on one of Neil Cavuto's shows a security executive explained how the "man trap" works. It would not matter whether a staffer were in the school or not. Video cameras and sens...

Pastor\'s Blog - JOY INTO OUR LONGEST NIGHT

  Friday, Decemter 21, was the first day of winter, the longest night of the year.  On that day, the sun rose at 7:38 am and set at 4:48 pm.  That gave  us a little over...

The unseen sign of growing old

  Signs of aging, for me, are nothing new. Most of them however, I have been able to see clearly. Like the day the radar gun said my 12-year-old could throw a baseball way faster than ...

How remembering 2012 should (but probably won\'t) inspire changes

The President was named the Time Magazine "Man of the Year" after defeating a stiff, boring, flip-flopping rich dude from Massachusetts.  The president -- whose party had lost big in...

Pastor's Blog - THE LONGEST NIGHT

  Friday, Decemter 21, is the first day of winter, the longest night of the year.  On that day, the sun will rise at 7:38 am and set at 4:48 pm.  That gives us a little over nin...

First rule of winter driving safety: DON'T!

  (Editor's Note: The following op-ed piece is brought to you again this year by the car insurance industry, law enforcement, ambulance services and towing companies from any place wh...

The wonderful world wide web

As I glance across the top of my screen, I see that I have 10 screens open. I am waiting for a picture to download, and I started thinking about what I'd really like for Christmas. This...

Watershed address: Why to understand where water goes after the rain

    It’s a sultry July night in Muscatine County – and the fish are biting! But John can’t decide whether to keep or throw back the scrappy channel cat he ju...