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 upset with animal mistreatment than people mistreatment. To be fair, it is easier to act on what you can change

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 (including acts of gun violence) are not committed by mentally ill people. In fact, mentally ill people are more likely

Nonprofits have unfair advantage

Not just taxpayers are hurt by the tax exemption for “nonprofits.” Look at the almost unfair advantages those nonprofits get compared to the small business person. How many more patients does the single-practice health care provider need to see just to pay the $20,000 in property taxes for a modest

Clapping with one hand

This year’s World Food Prize winner, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed’s organization, BRAC (Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee), is the world’s largest NGO (non-governmental organization), according to The Des Moines Register, (July 1, 2015). And I say, “Amen!” and thank you. Still, charity without justice is like clapping with one hand; it

Pope Francis tells Republicans to cooperate for the common good

Republicans now find the shoe on the other foot with this pope. In the past, the GOP have used the church and religion to bash Democrats over narrow issues like abortion. Now there’s a new pope suggesting the Republicans are seriously out of step with the broader mission demanded by

Freebies all around

Cityview’s question of the week asks, “Should two years of community college tuition be free?” Why stop there? How about free food and housing for two years post high school, or just add two more years of optional high school? What about a free stipend for all for two years? Don’t forget free

All lives matter

Let it be understood that, like most people, to witness or hear of the death of someone is anguishing to me, even if the individual is less than lovely. Sometimes, too, I have complained about the heavy-handedness and lack of judgment of some cops. It’s also become entirely irksome to

Stumped

From last week’s “Once upon a time”: “50 years ago (September 1965): Contract procedures were revised because of Dutch Elm disease requiring so many more trees to be condemned as a public nuisance and ordered removed. Future bid proposals are for 1,000 trees per bid, divided into four different diameters of

Burns needs to check his facts

Douglas Burns shows poor journalistic fact checking in his editorial, “Fiorina shows fraud of alleged prolife movement.” Mr. Burns brings up the old canard that if Roe vs. Wade were to be reversed, all abortions will be illegal and women undergoing abortions will be arrested and imprisoned, etc. This falsehood

Full disclosure needed

If only the commercials for politicians had to follow the same side effect disclosure rules of pharmaceutical commercials.  Instead of “Viagra: It will help men get and keep an erection…” we might have something like “Vote for or donate to this politician. It may help large donors get and keep