Letter to the Editor: "Rules of Civil Conversation"

VINTON TODAY
November 18, 2025 12:35 am

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 OF US) are to blame for where we are!Everyone gets so bent out of shape on the TRIGGER words they are programmed to respond to! Many would rather argue til they are blue in the face than concede that they were wrong.

Des Moines: New Headline, New Nonsense, No Newsflash

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 16, 2025 1:37 pm

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-award-winning, non-credible, non-sensible nerve center that once knighted the notorious Ian Roberts, the non-citizen, non-degree-having, non-author, nocturnal navigator of a police chase, as their noble leader.

Letter to the Editor: re: Character

VINTON TODAY
November 16, 2025 2:07 am

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.

Letter to the editor: 18 million dollar school in Shellsburg?

VINTON TODAY
November 16, 2025 1:54 am

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.

Letter to the Editor: What is character? Admitting a mistake and correcting it.

VINTON TODAY
November 13, 2025 11:21 am

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.

Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month

VINTON TODAY
November 11, 2025 11:42 am

 On the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month of 1918 the “Great War” ended.  The trenches of Europe finally emptied.  A killing field that saw every manner of death — from bare hands to blades to guns to artillery to aerial bombs to poison gas ended after 4 years, 35,000 miles of trenches and an estimated 30 million dead.

Letter to the Editor: Clear and Present Danger/What's the hold up?

VINTON TODAY
October 29, 2025 4:40 pm

Dear Editor,Clear and Present DangerThe President has full executive power to protect us from invasion. Is not the import of dangerous drugs an invasion over the last few decades?   Thousands of our people have died from  overdoses of illegal drugs.

Letter to the Editor: The Shutdown

VINTON TODAY
October 28, 2025 11:48 am

Dear Editor,I fail to see how this shutdown can be a plus for Democrats when a volunteer donated millions to pay our soldiers wages.   It is time to admit your failings.

Letter to the Editor: No Kings

VINTON TODAY
October 26, 2025 5:40 pm

Dear Editor,  It has been reported that Soros, Ford Foundation Gates Foundation, and the Tides Foundation, funded the "No Kings" protests.   A  rec

"Shutdowns are painful..." but oh well

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 23, 2025 1:54 pm

It's been oddly interesting to watch the politics happening in Washington D.C. I have to admit I'm so burned out on politics that I haven't paid a ton of attention to the happenings.