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Opinion

Privacy versus safe streets: Hard choice

Columnists

Ihad a tough argument with a friend who was incensed that our local police had placed traffic cameras at major intersections. He felt that the authorities were running surveillance on innocent citizens. I countered that if police officers sitting in their cars observed drivers going through red ...

Sorry, But Barbie is still a problem

Columnists

When I was a little girl, my parents bought me a Barbie — a blonde, blue-eyed doll who I played with for years before I ever met a blond, blue-eyed person. My doll set the standard for beauty — one that was out of reach of a brown-skinned, dark-haired kid whose body type was chubby in ...

Job 12: 24-25

Your View

“He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the Earth. And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. They grope in the dark without light. And he makes them stagger like a drunken man.”

Building the border wall and fighting the fentanyl crisis

Columnists

President Biden has overseen the worst border crisis in recent memory. Since the beginning of his administration, more than 5.5 million illegal immigrants have crossed our border, and in July alone, illegal border crossings increased by 30%. This has not happened by accident. The Biden ...

An introduction to esports

Columnists

Greetings! My name is Nathan Rodemeyer, and I represent one half of the esports programs at Marshalltown Community College, the other half being coach Andrew Goforth. I’d like to take you on a journey and share the story of MCC’s esports programs over the last year. First, I want to ...

Legal and illegal immigration

Your View

The author of the recent article entitled “In Response to Assimilation,” failed to distinguish between legal and illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are by law to be deported, while legal immigrants can indeed benefit by assimilating into the heritage and culture of the USA.