“Rod Stewart Hair”
“I like your hair!” a woman at the party said.
Opinions
On behalf of all of the justices of the Iowa Supreme Court, I would like to thank the Forest City community for the warm welcome we received during our visit to hold court in the beautiful new Boman Fine Arts Center on the evening of April 2. We were pleased so many people attended the court...
Every year, I hold at least one meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Many of these meetings are at schools, and the number one concern among students is student loan debt. They have every reason to be worried.
Over 44 million Americans currently hold more than $1 trillion in student loan debt....
“Facebook Feedback”
I originally joined Facebook when a long-lost cousin sent me an invitation.
No one had heard from this cousin in ages, when I got a note out of the blue. Facebook was relatively new then and I hadn’t considered joining. But I figured, if I could reconnect with family I wouldn’...
It is beyond evident that violence and aggression is a predominant, and extremely worrying, aspect within American society. The escalation of mass shootings, perpetration of violent crimes fueled by racism or sexism, excessive—almost systemized—hateful rhetoric has permeated the social and...
Dear Editor,
Devastating flooding in many areas of Iowa is causing widespread pollution from industrial agriculture and adds to our long-term problem with water quality. We have over 750 waterways polluted with nitrates and phosphorus and subject to cyanobacteria blooms. Toxic blue-green algae...
To my community and fellow members of Salem Lutheran Church,
Remember who’s watching.
There’s a very important meeting taking place at 9:30 a.m., at Salem on Sunday, April 28. Each of us most certainly have a view, an opinion, and perspective regarding the purpose of the meeting; one that, if you...
Dear Editor,
In the 1960s and 1970s several different gospel singers recorded a popular song that contained the lyrics “God said it, and I believe it, and that settles it for me.” At first glance, this expression seems to be about one thing and one thing only: closed-mindedness to Biblical...
Christians of the Lake Mills Community,
I have remained silent for far too long. Recently, the discussion of our marriage request has stirred up some controversy in your community. As a gay man, I need to have an honest and blunt expression of how we, the LGBT community, perceive the church and...
“Pinecones”
I saw him just a moment too late, coming down the path.
I wasn’t expecting anyone to come down this section of the trail. No one ever did. At least I never saw anyone, which is why I was messing around with the pine cones.
Okay, I better start at the top.
The whole thing started...
“. . . The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes...
