Greatest love songs ever: #33 “Cry Me a River”
Younger readers will think “Cry Me a River” was written by Justin Timberlake in 2002. It’s better to say he ripped off Arthur Hamilton’s song title of the same name. Mr. Hamilton composed his…
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Greatest love songs ever: #34 “Hello”
By Tom Quiner Lionel Richie was perhaps the finest American balladeer of the late 20th century. His songs were romantic, combining irresistible melodies with romantic lyrics focused on the human condition. “Hello” was a 1984…
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Guess who is speaking at Saturday’s Iowa March for Life?
As if you need any additional motivation to attend this Saturday’s Iowa March for Life, we’re excited to announce that Jennie Bradley Lichter will be speaking! She is President of the March for Life Education…
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Greatest love songs ever: #35 “Maria”
By Tom Quiner This soulful aria is but one of the many dazzling songs from West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. “Maria” is a song about that first…
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Greatest love songs ever: #36 “Blue Moon”
By Tom Quiner Even younger readers are familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein. But few knew that Lorenz Hart was Richard Rodger’s lyricist before Oscar Hammerstein II. Hart’s lyrics had a different feel, as showcased in…
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“I had an abortion yesterday.”
“Nah … I can’t go for a run today because I had an abortion yesterday.” Thus begins an extraordinary scene from the 2015 HBO series, “Girls.” Mimi-Rose (Gillian Jacobs) stuns her lover, Adam (Adam Driver)…
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Greatest love songs ever: #37 “What’ll I Do?”
By Tom Quiner This lovely song was written 102 years ago by one of the great American songwriters, Irving Berlin. The 1920s was a decade of dazzling creativity, rivaled only by the creative output of…
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Cringe-worthy journalism wins a Pulitzer Prize
ProPublica won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism for its “urgent” series on “pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague ‘life of mother’ exceptions in states with strict…
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Greatest love songs ever: #38 “All I Ask of You”
By Tom Quiner “All I Ask of You” is a soaring operatic pop love song that explores a different aspect of love than the previous songs on my list of the ’52 Greatest Love Songs…
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Greatest love songs ever: #39 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
By Tom Quiner I’m not a big fan of the notion of ‘love at first sight.’ ‘Like’ at first sight … or ‘infatuation’ at first sight, that makes sense. Love is more than emotion alone,…
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