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Opinion

You’ll figure it out!

Local Columns

Dear Santa, I've been a pretty good boy. There may have been a few gitches along the way but to say much more, I probably will ask my lawyer to be present. Just in case! But on a grading system, an A- would be a realistic grade. Not too sure how Deb, other family members or friends might ...

Letter to the Editor: Brenna Bird’s big blunder

Letters to the Editor

Brenna Bird showed up at the Trump Rally in Coralville a few days ago and this is what she found. A candidate that though indicted four times and with 91 charges, saying he loves certain football players, e.g. Matt Whitaker, who served a whopping four months as Trump’s federal AG’s ...

Pastor’s Corner: Santa Pause!

Local Columns

I love the story of the man hurriedly driving home one Christmas season after finishing his shopping. A new law was in effect that if you ran a red light or broke the law in any way, a camera would flash, taking your picture and you’d receive a ticket in the mail. Crunching down on the ...

Magic Mike 6XL: The anti gift giving guide

Local Columns

‘Tis the season for Christmas joy. Tis the season to give and receive crappy gifts. Now, I'll admit it, I don't usually give the best gifts. The things I think about and am sure will be the big hitter fall flat, while those I just grabbed off the shelf; they end up loving. I do have an ...

The fight for clean water in the land of CAFOs

Editorials

I live in Northwest Missouri…land of corn and beans, and if the corporate agriculture groups have any say in it, the land of CAFOS. Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are large, mostly corporate farms that house at least 1,000 confined or stabled animals. Since 2019, when the ...

Magic Mike 6xl: Who the hell is Sue?

Local Columns

I like words. Scratch that. I LOVE words. Twenty-six letters make up approximately half a million words in the English language alone. And those half a million words make up absolutely everything. What I love more than words alone is the grouping of words into spectacular combinations. Now, ...

Christmas traditions

Local Columns

It seems every holiday has its own traditions, first camping weekend for Memorial Day weekend, parades & cook-outs for July 4th and so on and so forth but Christmas is really in it's own special category for traditions. Every family has their special Christmas traditions and probably many ...

Pastor’s Corner: You clearly misunderstood me!

Local Columns

Think about it: English language is comical! Politicians throw around the phrase, “Well, they CLEARLY MISUNDERSTOOD me!” “Clearly...misunderstood?” Kitchen cooks complain of something that has “freezer burn!” Something’s burning in the freezer? They call these ...

Magic Mike 6XL: Car soup

Local Columns

As a fat man, I, of course, love to eat, but there is one place I like to eat in particular. The car. Yeah, I know what you're saying. The car? But it's true and it has been forever. Now, I am not talking about eating and driving, mind you. I am talking about riding in a car, watching the ...

Letter to the Editor: Ignorance

Letters to the Editor

The other day I watched a program about the Electoral College, established originally to give Congress 'correctional' powers over the 'ignorant vote of the common/popular folk.’ Remember... Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote and became our ...