When Louisiana began flooding earlier this month, news coverage was split between the 2016 Rio Olympics and the upcoming presidential election. This was the worst natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy, and you barely saw it on TV or in magazines, or heard about it on the radio. Even the ...
Make no mistake. The First Amendment has been under attack for some time now. The problem is the will to fight seems to be waning as news organizations too often don't have the resources, or money, to fight the battles. Add to that a new generation of digital journalists and armies of people ...
What happened to the Lincoln Highway Bridge in Tama, Iowa.Where East meets West.Where the Original Lincoln Highway letters were designed into the bridge.Yes. The Lincoln Highway Bridge is gone.Everyone said the destruction would never happen.Officials always said we will not remove the Lincoln ...
Claes G. Ryn, a noted political philosopher at the Catholic University of America, wrote that "since the adoption of the Constitution American government and society have changed radically." In the aftermath of the ratification of the United States Constitution, there were numerous debates over ...
The new school year will be here before we know it and high school seniors will be filled with a mixture of anticipation, excitement and anxiety as they think about what lies ahead of them. As they decide which college to attend or job to seek, some students already know which career paths ...
It is a very sad state of affairs when a person dies without knowing the meaning of life. God tells us in the Bible that the meaning of life is not found in being rich and spending money; owning cars and houses, and having every possession that you want.The meaning of life is not found in ...
It's no secret the editorial view of The News-Herald has been dim ever since Iowa Valley Community College District took over the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Marshalltown.Dumping between some $3-4 million in Iowa Valley money funded through a bond issue into renovations of the theatre was ...
When we think about the farm bill, most of us think about helping family farms, but this is far from the case. The current farm bill was authorized in 2014, and that bill is to take us through 2018. The previous farm bill cost taxpayers $604 billion over ten years. The current farm bill is ...
It happens in university classrooms throughout the nation every day. Teachers will be tackling a subject near and dear to their hearts. It might be developing the third world. It might be the role of arts in society. It could be the questionable results of Obamacare. Inevitably, the point will ...
I got the mail today.A couple of bills. A greeting card. Some catalogs. A newspaper. One package that my wife grabbed right away. (Wonder what that was?)Lately, it occurs to me how completely I take for granted that I will get the mail tomorrow.I've had my share of gripes about the mail. As ...