No shortage of nuts at the Register Sorry as hell to be a day (months) late and a damn dollar short — worth 10 cents in today’s Wall Street-wrecked money — to comment on a story that appeared in your drinking buddy’s paper (The Des Moines Register) this summer.             

  To be a united nation, we must unite The election is now past and in the aftermath, and half the nation is jubilant; the other half is shocked and angry. One thing is quite certain: We are NOT a united nation. Whether our particular candidate won or lost, there

Fairness and honesty? I enjoyed your article recently on the Civic Skinny titled “Ferentz gets $100,000 raise; Rhoads misses $200,000 bonus” (Civic Skinny, Nov. 29). I would have liked to have seen the comparison with the one remaining state school University of Northern Iowa.              

Will DART listen to ‘us poor folks’ next time?

To the disaffected transit riders in Des Moines, let’s begin by dispensing with the silly talk about DART not caring. Accusation of not caring cannot be substantiated, and caring is beside the point. It’s not the transit company’s PR people’s job to care. Their task is to communicate. How they

Where are the ‘blowhard’ Republicans now? You know, we haven’t heard much from Gov. Branstad since election night. What happened to him? He took millions in federal stimulus money from President Obama to keep the state afloat but didn’t say anything about that in his endorsement of Mitt Romney, which

Cole Smithey review of ‘Lincoln’ fails Before today I was not familiar with Cole Smithey. But having read his review of “Lincoln” (Film Review, Nov. 8), I’d suggest you read his work before printing. His take on the movie comes across as unreconstructed Confederacy boilerplate. His writing was dominated by

‘God will surely punish us’ When I was growing up in Iowa, the Methodists, as the largest religious denomination in Iowa, controlled the state legislature. Since Methodism is a dry religion, the sale and consumption of liquor was severely restricted. Each bottle purchased at a state-owned liquor store was recorded

comments from our readers

Thanks for remembering Des Moines’ history Thank you so much for the piece in this week’s Cityview on streetcars in Des Moines (Civic Skinny, Oct. 18). They are a fascinating and nostalgia-inspiring part of Des Moines’ history. Even today, as road improvements require stripping away the pavement until tracks of

Jim Duncan is no ‘pimp’ I was reading the Publisher’s Note this week (Oct. 4) and was surprised at how I became upset over something I would normally look past. I enjoy Jim Duncan’s articles and insights, but at this point in time, I really think it is time to

Cityview is insulting to babies Your comparison of stealing from Habitat for Humanity as “… like stealing from a priest or from a baby” (GoodBadUgly, Oct. 11) is insulting to the baby and difficult to live up to by the priest. Mike Rowley –Clive   The fascist vs. the commie