While some of us complain about the choices for president of the United States and whether we should vote at …Read More
Category: Editorials
Civility and the presidential race
Barb Arland-Fye, Editor We’re entering the final three months of the presidential race, a perfect point at which to take …Read More
Be open to insights about violence
Editorial In the midst of unremitting violence in the U.S. and abroad comes word that the Iowa Legislative Council has …Read More
What the working poor need
Barb Arland-Fye Editor Two new studies on the working poor in Iowa call attention to a problem that threatens the …Read More
Support Mental Health Court
Messenger Editoral Jails and prisons are no place for nonviolent persons whose mental illness got them into trouble with the …Read More
Stop the violence one deliberate action at a time
Barb Arland-Fye Editor Our country’s collective reaction to the massacre at a gay club in Orlando, Fla., on June 11 …Read More
Begin the difficult conversation
End-of-life issues are taking center stage as more states approve physician-assisted suicide. In Iowa, such legislation introduced by so-called “Death …Read More