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Opinion

Self-regulation and success

Columns

There are numerous factors that need to be taken into account if you will be able to achieve your goals and be successful. One of the key factors is self-regulation. Your ability to influence yourself and to develop your ability to control your actions, your emotions, and even what you think ...

Say something, do something

Letters

To the editor: On Jan. 20, President Trump took the Oath of Office: a promise to faithfully execute the duties of the presidency and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. The rule of law is intended to apply to everyone in this country, regardless of race, political affiliation, ...

The spirit of falsehood

Letters

To the editor: When I was about 12 years old I would tell my dad about some of the things we were being taught in school. Concerning evolution, he would tell me that’s just a theory. The fact is theory is not fact. What is not told is at the end of his life, Darwin completely dismissed his ...

Embrace our laws

Letters

Editor’s note: The following letter was published on April 17. Due to the beginning of the letter cutoff during editing, it’s being re-published. To the editor: Thank you, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, for having a course called “Totalitarian Political Patterns” way back ...

Both political parties should be happy

Letters

To the editor: Apparently Democratic voters are not in favor of President Trump’s policies regarding our illegal immigrants and our governments management and bureaucracy. There’s no need for division on these topics. Let’s just back up a few years and see how some of our former ...

Old Iron escapes the scrap guy

Columns

Three springs ago, a despicable derecho ravaged our region. We eventually engaged a scrap iron guy to haul away some of the wreckage the storm had created at my parents’ farm. It was gratifying to think that the steel from our ruined grain bins was going to be recycled, perhaps into new grain ...