Archive for March 2025
Greatest love songs ever: #46 “I Got You Babe”
By Tom Quiner Some of you are thinking I’m nuts for including “I’ve Got You Babe”, by Sonny Bono, in our list of ‘The 52 Greatest Love Songs Ever’. A…
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Pulse Life Advocates joined 150 national pro-life groups in a letter to Congress urging them to cut their most wasteful budgetary item: Planned Parenthood. PP receives about $2 Million per…
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Please contact your member of the Iowa House in support of legislation requiring schools to show students a video on fetal development. SF 175 has passed the Senate by a…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #47 “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”
By Tom Quiner The songwriting team of Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio wrote songs that delighted we Baby Boomers for more than four decades. Younger generations became acquainted with this…
Read MoreIowa abortions plummet by a third
Laws matter. Iowa’s abortion rate dropped by 32% in 2023 according to data released by Iowa Health and Human Services. Their new report, 2023 Vital Statistics of Iowa, January, 2025…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #48 “And I Love Her”
By Tom Quiner Renown British novelist, Kingsley Amis, once drolly observed: “Nice things are nicer than nasty ones.” This obvious truth is belied by the radical replacement of the nice…
Read MoreTop ten religious movies for Lent 2025
By TOM QUINER As far as I’m concerned, there are three types of religious movies: Biblical/Religious narratives. Movies about faith and inspiration. Movies that aren’t about faith and inspiration, but…
Read MoreDefining Normalcy Down
Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) held a silly little placard (above) at the President’s address to Congress last week. It said, “This is not normal.” She has a point. Normalcy has…
Read MoreBonus Blogpost: Deborah’s Theme
By Tom Quiner I experienced a magical moment at the Chris Botti jazz concert at Hoyt Sherman last night. The jazz trumpeter played Ennio Morricone’s tender piece, “Deborah’s Theme,” from…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #49 “Unforgettable”
By Tom Quiner Seldom has a love song gotten more bang for the buck out of its spare lyric. Irving Gordon wrote”Unforgettable” in 1951 with two brief verses and a…
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