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Opinion: Scholarships are free money for college

OPINION

By Newton News●

November 07, 2025 at 7:49 pm CST

Opinion: Washington’s Zombie Apocalypse trick or treat for taxpayers

OPINION

By Newton News●

November 07, 2025 at 7:32 pm CST

Opinion: From service to civic engagement: Honoring Iowa veterans today and every day

OPINION

By Newton News●

November 07, 2025 at 2:07 pm CST

Opinion: You can’t learn from history if you cover it up

OPINION

By Newton News●

October 29, 2025 at 12:36 pm CDT

Opinion: The call to service

OPINION

By Newton News●

October 28, 2025 at 1:46 pm CDT

Opinion: Tariffs: The truth may hurt Trump, but Trump’s lies hurt you

OPINION

By Newton News●

October 27, 2025 at 6:31 pm CDT

Opinion: Trump’s rural recession: Trade wars and health cuts effect

OPINION

By Newton News●

October 24, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

Opinion: Serving Iowans during the Schumer Shutdown

OPINION

By Newton News●

October 10, 2025 at 3:33 pm CDT

Opinion: Bureaucrats being paid for multiple jobs, while doing neither

OPINION

By Newton News●

September 29, 2025 at 3:52 pm CDT

Opinion: From tariffs to cyber threats: Trump’s policy fallout

OPINION

By Newton News●

September 23, 2025 at 12:20 pm CDT

Opinion: The Case of the Double-Dealing Bureaucrats

OPINION

By Newton News●

September 12, 2025 at 5:53 pm CDT

Opinion: Delivering for small businesses

OPINION

By Newton News●

September 05, 2025 at 1:53 pm CDT

Opinion: Best and worst U.S. Presidential cabinets ranked: What research reveals

OPINION

By Newton News●

September 03, 2025 at 3:20 pm CDT

Opinion: Convincing 20-somethings and 30-somethings to stay in, or move to, Iowa

OPINION

By Newton News●

August 22, 2025 at 4:10 pm CDT

Opinion: Attack of the Bubble Boy Pols

OPINION

By Newton News●

August 15, 2025 at 1:15 pm CDT

Opinion: Trump replaces manager of jobs data massage parlor

OPINION

By Newton News●

August 14, 2025 at 9:11 pm CDT

Opinion: America’s `Do Nothing Congress’ investigation failures under Trump 2.0

OPINION

By Newton News●

August 12, 2025 at 1:12 pm CDT

Opinion: What do you say when you talk to yourself?

OPINION

By Newton News●

August 11, 2025 at 1:10 pm CDT

Opinion: Bringing gravy trains to a squealing halt

OPINION

By Newton News●

August 08, 2025 at 2:41 pm CDT

Opinion: Is the U.S. heading to a police state? Trump executive order and Project 2025 raise alarms

OPINION

By Newton News●

July 30, 2025 at 1:27 pm CDT

Opinion: Eliminating $9B of waste in Washington

OPINION

By Newton News●

July 28, 2025 at 8:34 pm CDT

Opinion: Fail your way to success

OPINION

By Newton News●

July 15, 2025 at 12:37 pm CDT

Opinion: American dream is strong

OPINION

By Newton News●

July 11, 2025 at 8:32 pm CDT

Opinion: Texas flood deaths: No, not Trump’s fault

OPINION

By Newton News●

July 11, 2025 at 4:28 pm CDT

Opinion: Give me liberty or a Tinpot Dictator

OPINION

By Newton News●

July 03, 2025 at 1:49 pm CDT

Opinion: At this point, a nuclear Iran is probably the least bad option

OPINION

By Newton News●

June 25, 2025 at 6:00 pm CDT

Opinion: What I saw at my city’s “No Kings” rally

OPINION

By Newton News●

June 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm CDT

Opinion: We have a choice: Weapons and war or food and health care?

OPINION

By Newton News●

June 20, 2025 at 1:00 pm CDT

Opinion: It all starts with a dream

OPINION

By Newton News●

June 17, 2025 at 2:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” threatens democracy and federal deficit

OPINION: Behavioral change is common among people who are open-minded, educated and critical thinkers.

By Newton News●

June 13, 2025 at 4:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Musk’s deadliest legacy

Gutting USAID will cause millions of deaths from disease and starvation. But it’s not too late to change course.

By Newton News●

June 13, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Putting Iowans first

Any illegal immigrant who seriously injures an American will be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

By Newton News●

June 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm CDT

Opinion: The answer to the Trump/Harvard $3B question is ‘markets’

The government does not and cannot know how many welders, carpenters, and auto mechanics the economy “needs,” let alone how many it will “need” a year from now or in 2035.

By Newton News●

May 30, 2025 at 2:00 pm CDT

Opinion: No more handouts for the idle rich living high off the hog

I am giving my May 2025 Squeal Award to the out-of-work millionaires, who chose to fill out the form to collect unemployment payments rather than a job application.

By Newton News●

May 27, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Life is messy

Develop techniques to make the best of things and do what it takes to get the most from each day.

By Newton News●

May 27, 2025 at 2:58 pm CDT

Opinion: Legal costs and risks of Trump 2.0’s 328 lawsuits

Legal costs and risks of Trump 2.0’s 328 lawsuits

By Newton News●

May 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Biden’s Beijing giveaways

I am giving my April 2025 Squeal Award to Former President Biden for billing taxpayers for his giveaways to Beijing.

By Newton News●

May 19, 2025 at 6:00 pm CDT

What’s in their air pods Part 3

What do you listen to during a workout? Does music motivate you in any way?

By Troy Hyde●

May 18, 2025 at 11:13 pm CDT

Opinion: They could have overruled the empire as father and son

They could have overruled the empire as father and son

By Newton News●

May 13, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

What’s in their air pods, Part 2

Does music motivate you?

By Troy Hyde●

May 11, 2025 at 10:55 pm CDT

Opinion: Maybe tarrifs aren’t so bad after all

I realize that since all fireworks are imported from China, and these tariffs will cause the prices of those fireworks to increase.

By Newton News●

May 09, 2025 at 2:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Here’s how Congress can save millions of American jobs

When small businesses grow, the American economy grows.

By Newton News●

May 06, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

What’s in their air pods Part 1

What kind of music motivates track and field athletes before they compete?

By Troy Hyde●

May 04, 2025 at 10:04 pm CDT

Opinion: Trump 2.0’s alleged trifecta crisis

Trump’s 100th day of office saw the world witnessing his 137 executive orders, 39 proclamations, 36 memoranda, a few Cabinet meetings and numerous press briefings.

By Newton News●

May 02, 2025 at 4:00 pm CDT

Opinion: Congress: Do your job

With our do nothing Congress and Mr. Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance and 15 cabinet members ripping apart our federal agencies, it’s no wonder a majority of Americans believe we’re in a Constitutional crisis.

By Newton News●

April 12, 2025 at 1:52 pm CDT

Opinion: Legislature must act to lower costs

At a time when Iowans are craving relief from rising costs, all we see is uncertainty and trouble ahead.

By Newton News●

April 11, 2025 at 1:56 pm CDT

Opinion: The trap of low expectations

A person who expects that no one likes them, or will like them, subconsciously acts in a manner which repels the people they come into contact with.

By Newton News●

April 09, 2025 at 12:29 pm CDT

Opinion: In celebration of Iowa agriculture

I am so proud to celebrate Iowa Agriculture Week in recognition of our hardworking farmers and all those involved in the industry.

By Newton News●

April 04, 2025 at 1:47 pm CDT

Opinion: Food and healthcare on the chopping block

There’s still time to make progress, but it’s time to get focused on what matters to Iowans.

By Newton News●

April 03, 2025 at 3:59 pm CDT

Opinion: Free speech and freedom of the press under assault

Demand a stop to Trump’s 2.0 anti-free speech and anti-freedom of the press dystopian movement.

By Newton News●

April 02, 2025 at 2:14 pm CDT