Opinion

To the editor:A blueprint is used to construct a baseball camp with pitching machines. DNA is a spiral helix (twisting) blueprint. DNA blueprints construct proteins and every part of our body. DNA creates all creatures and plants.The DNA study of cancer identifies 236 mutated human genes, which lead to cancer.MALDI imaging mass spectrometry was used to classify patients with melanoma cancer remissions and ...

To the editor:We are being inundated with a new scholarship, or lack thereof, of American history from the Declaration of Independence to the first years of the 21st century which lives in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.It seems that generations have a tendency to rewrite history to meet the needs of that time, with politicians playing to an audience with little or no knowledge of American ...

To the editor:For a project in ninth-grade English at Fairfield High School, we were required to write a paper comparing and contrasting the Greek hero Odysseus to a modern-day hero of our choosing. I myself consider astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to be a hero of today. He is similar yet very different from Odysseus, and I have a few reasons why.First, both men are very eloquent. They have a way of persuasio...

To the editor:On April 2, 2013, residents who live in the Fairfield Community School District boundaries will vote on a $10,000,000 bond issue to pay for needed improvements at the Fairfield High School. The district?s website has posted information to help you understand the question up for a vote. They also include polling place locations and hours polls are open.Because almost everyone in the district ...

To the editor:When people hear the word ?hero,? they think of Superman or Spiderman; or if you?re Greek, Odysseus. When I started reading the story of Odysseus I understood all the similarities and differences, but I didn?t quite get the meaning of ?hero.? When I was younger I always said my grandma was my hero. I love my grandma and I do look up to her, but after learning about other people?s heroes, my view ...

To the editor:Until recently, Governor Branstad failed to start working on any low income health system, knowing that Iowa had three years to develop improvements to IowaCare or to set guidelines for expanded Medicare. He just hired two companies for a meager $40,118 to expand IowaCare. It seems like a big task to complete in the two months left in this legislative session.It would be helpful to put up this new ...

To the editor:Hello, my name is Brennan Harward, and I am doing a school assignment about Odysseus: son of Laertes and the character from ?The Odyssey.? Not only that, but it puts the aspects of any hero into perspective ... for instance, what makes one a hero? How does one become a hero? What does a hero do? These questions and more made me want to take a closer analysis of Homer?s character, Odysseus.So, just ...

To the Editor:I used to think not much would surprise me, but that has changed yet again.In the last few weeks, someone has gone to the city council to complain about a ticket for riding his bike on the wrong side of the street. Almost any third grader can tell you that you ride your bike on the right side of the street, and you obey all the same traffic laws as a car (stop signs, one way streets, etc.).Or, as ...

To the Editor:The latest announcement by the Postmaster General requires a little background. And by the way, neither the Postmaster General, nor anyone else, can unilaterally enforce a switch to five-day delivery without Congress?s approval.Prior to 2006, Congress had unfairly forced the Postal Service to pay for pensions earned by employees for their service in the military. This money should have been paid ...

To the editor:Congratulations to the Van Buren Players on their production of ?Chicago? last weekend. Such great local talent. Your hard work is greatly appreciated. ? Carolyn Louden, Fairfield

To the editor:On the weekend of Feb. 1, 2013, 200 cars were ticketed and towed off Fairfield city streets, netting the city $13,000 in revenues. They were in violation of a city ordinance that says cars parked in Fairfield city streets must move at least once over a 24-hour period, or be subject to fines, etc.The towed cars were snow-covered and many people left them innocently that way, choosing to walk, if ...

To the editor:In response to [?Large number of businesses cited in stings,? Wednesday, Feb. 6], I am not writing to discredit law enforcement for doing what they think they have to do or are forced to do by government mandated laws.I am writing to stand up for those that have to pay the price for inadequate policies, procedures, laws and fines mandated by our elected representatives.These ones that have to pay ...