Opinion

  • Valentine’s plans you and your sweetheart will enjoy this holiday

    Holding hands, long walks on the beach and watching Titanic are all good and fun, but when it comes to Valentines Day, a little variation...

  • Iowa’s death penalty must remain void

    Advocating to kill someone because they killed someone is fighting violence with violence; it’s not the message that should be spreading within a society that...

  • Facebook is watching you

    You are being watched. Although it is unlikely that a serial killer lurks in the bushes, and it is debateable whether or not the U.S....

  • Media, not to blame

    Some people believe that the violence we witness, especially younger generations and teens, can influence us to commit acts of violence ourselves. Games like Call...

  • Celebs, not to idolize

    These days, every checkout at the grocery store has a rack of celebrity gossip magazines. Kate Middleton is pregnant? It’s baby bump watch time! Al...

  • Congrats! Jazz band excels at jazz festival

    The Cedar Falls jazz bands took the stage on Saturday, performing two impressive sets and earning a Division I rating for both groups at the...

  • Advice for winter driving conditions

    Our View Unexpected car incidents are never fun, but in the negative degree weather, the uncomfort and fear that comes from knowing you are in...

  • Mental health: a government responsibility

    We Americans have a mental health problem, and it needs to be addressed straight away. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, “There...

  • Better on paper than screen

    Apparently magazines are jealous of books. For some time now, novels have slowly made their way to paperback extinction. Kindles have taken over the book...

  • My body, my choice

    “NO FACIAL OR OTHERWISE VISIBLE PIERCINGS WILL BE TOLERATED,” blares the underlined passage in a list of rules and regulations. I’m told I will have...