Oil spill should be a wakeup call
With the recent pipeline break spilling oil — including the carcinogen benzene — into the Yellowstone River about 350 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, causing a do-not-use water warning [...]
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Posted January 28, 2015in Your View
Posted January 21, 2015in Your View
There are indeed are two sides of the coin
While others want to fight over who gets credit for the latest “best of” ranking and to brag nonstop about every single solitary thing, there is another part of the [...]
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Posted January 14, 2015in Your View
Republicans’ wacky predictions
The New Year seems like an excellent time to review the accuracy of some previous Republican predictions and the credibility of those individuals who made them. Tea Party favorite, Republican [...]
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Posted January 07, 2015in Your View
Disappointed with Best Of
I just got done voting for some of the Des Moines “Best” venues, items, people, etc. in the Des Moines area. What a great way to honor local businesses; however, [...]
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Posted December 31, 2014in Your View
No Christmas wishes to clergy?
CivicSkinny’s Merry Christmas to more than 200 Iowans and not one clergy among them? No sense in letting organized religion mess up a good holiday. Mike Rowley -Clive [...]
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Posted December 24, 2014in Your View
Democratic hypocrisy
Reader says image was stereotypical Cityview publication’s recent cover story (“Where do they go?” by Eleni Upah) dealt with important issues faced by transgender individuals in Iowa and across [...]
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Posted December 17, 2014in Your View
A modern Benedict Arnold
A modern Benedict Arnold Ted Cruz is holding up the budget vote in Washington. He wants to push his own anti-immigration bill as a part of the deal. But yet, [...]
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Posted December 10, 2014in Your View
Citizens United must be overturned
The recent midterm elections have proven the dire warnings about the “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision have come true. The court ruling, in effect, gives corporations the ability to buy [...]
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Posted December 03, 2014in Your View
If I were a…
CivicSkinny’s afterthought — “If Chuck Grassley were a lawyer, Joni Ernst would not be a senator” got me thinking… If Washington had sons, he might have accepted that whole “monarchy in America” [...]
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Posted November 26, 2014in Your View
Reader enjoyed ‘Doing Time’
Great cover story last week (“Doing Time in Des Moines”). I enjoyed reading of this committed activist and the challenges he faced by choosing to serve jail time. After author Steve [...]
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