Archive for July 2025
A messy, but winning political coalition
Two political parties dominate American politics. Broadly, one tends to be liberal, the other conservative. The left-leaning Democratic Party is the party of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. The right-leaning…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #29 “Happy Together”
This frothy confection vaulted to number one on the Billboard charts in 1967. “Happy Together” is a simply delightful example of American pop music at its finest. It is…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #30 “Cheek to Cheek”
Of all of the songs ever performed in the history of cinema, “Cheek to Cheek” ranks #15, according to the American Film Institute. That’s how good it is. It was…
Read MoreThe One Big, Bad Ugly Pill
Planned Parenthood describes the abortion pill (mifepristone and misoprostol) as a “safe and effective way to end an early pregnancy.” Their website goes so far as to call it…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #31 “Something”
Sinatra said that “Something” was the best love song written in the last fifty years. He should know, as he crooned all of the best of the genre in his…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #32 “My Girl”
The intro of “My Girl” immediately grabs, as the bass guitar plays, “bap boom boom, bap boom boom, bap boom boom …” Then a clean electric guitar riff pipes in,…
Read MoreBig breakthrough for Pulse Life Advocates!
Pulse Life Advocates was the proud recipient of a grant from the Catholic Foundation of SW Iowa last week. The $4500 grant will be used to purchase teleconferencing equipment,…
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