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I like to think that several months ago I stumbled into a controversy on Facebook. The truth is that while I may have flippantly added the comment that sparked the discussion, I’d been well aware of the disagreement. I don’t remember the original status or link that was posted, but I’m fairly sure Steve Deace [...]

On Friday, Chuck Hurley of The Family Leader sent an email to supporters that, among other things, named Iowa Rep. Walt Rogers the group’s “Hero of the Week.” Hurley wrote: … Walt’s philosophy: “it’s not just whether you declare freedom on one official day — it’s what you’re going to do about freedom the next [...]

Do you know that religious song? When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. I remember singing that verse nearly every Sunday morning — and likely every Sunday and Wednesday night [...]

After attempting for six decades to change the Southern Baptist Convention from within, Pres. Jimmy Carter recently wrote that he severed ties with the organization due to its belief that women “are somehow inferior to men.” It was a decision he referred to as “painful and difficult” in a recent article for the UK Guardian. [...]

Every so often I get complacent and start believing that there is nothing else out there. When I’m in that frame of mind, no matter what I read, I’m convinced it will be the same back-and-forth, political drivel that I’ve already read. That’s also usually when I happen across something that figuratively, if not literally, [...]

This week’s earworm — “Keep Young & Beautiful,” by Annie Lennox: What’s cute about a little cutie It’s her beauty — not brains. Old father time will never harm you If your charm still remains. After you grow old, baby, You don’t have to be a cold baby. I had no idea that Annie Lennox [...]

A great deal has changed in our nation and world during the nearly 40 years since a group of women met at a conference in Boston to talk about their medical experiences and share knowledge about their bodies. While the women associated with the group have never changed their primary focus of educating women about [...]

… another blanket of two to six inches of snow has fallen on eastern and central Iowa. The seven-day weather forecast calls for snow flurries on Monday and Tuesday and high winds on caucus night. If temperatures don’t rise enough to melt the top of the snow, providing an ice crust, high winds could pose [...]

… the campaign for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced it will run a two-minute television ad statewide on caucus eve — a closing statement, if you will. According to campaign insiders, the spot has yet to be filmed and will be aired during evening newscasts on all eight Iowa markets. … former [...]

Former Lieutenant Governors Sally Pederson, a Democrat, and Joy Corning, a Republican, joined forces to pen an essay that published in the Des Moines Register. …As Iowans, let us remind the nation that the Constitution prohibits any religious test for public office and that the divisive use of religion to manipulate voters is unacceptable. The [...]