Don’t be fools

The Republicans, led by President Bush, whipped Americans into a frenzy of fear following 9/11, leading to a disastrous ground war in Iraq. Many Americans were fooled into war by [...]

Cover-up in Johnston schools?

On Oct. 29, a 15-year-old special needs student (occasional seizures) in the Johnston School District, Christian Suarez, boarded a bus intended for regular students. He assaulted the bus driver both [...]

Extended family

Cityview’s cover story, “Immigrant Trump,” states…” That’s right. Trump is the grandson of Friedrich Drumpf, a German immigrant. So are more than one-third of all Iowans.” Am I to understand [...]

Civic responsibility

Lax campaign finance laws have prevented many from campaigning for public office. Without large sums of money from PACs or personal finances, many possible quality candidates are overlooked. We need [...]

Turning away refugees is wrong

Dear Gov. Branstad, I am writing to add my voice to those who are urging you to reconsider your position blocking refugees from Syria and the current European migration from [...]

A bonus for Bill Stowe?

What? Taxpayers have to pay Bill Stowe a $500,000 bonus? Why? He is doing a lousy job. The water rates are going to increase in April. I don’t think that [...]

What the?

Donald Trump is upset to discover he’s now No. 2 on the GOP poll, but to me, his off-color comments, which may have contributed to his status slipping, are nothing [...]

Beware of Republicans’ scary ideas

The pre-Halloween debate gave Republicans an opportunity to pull out all their scary political ghosts (the Federal government is the enemy) and goblins (the mainstream media is a shill for [...]

I think April Fools’ Day came a little late for Mr. Douglas Burns this year. All right, I get that the point of his article is that people get more [...]

Mentally ill people are not the problem

To ask your readers on your Facebook page how to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill is ableist and disingenuous. The vast majority of violent acts [...]