Did you miss it?
If you missed Pulse Life Advocate’s “Evening of Glory” event on May 2nd, you can still support our pro-life student scholarship fund. To recap the evening, we assembled a diverse group of Catholic musicians from…
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Greatest love songs ever: #40 L-O-V-E
By Tom Quiner What’s the difference between Nat King Cole’s rendition of “L-O-V-E” and Olivia Rodriguez’s song of the same title? Cole’s is still being sung 59 years since its 1965 debut. And it’ll be…
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“The world will be won by beauty”
This life is so beautiful. Yes, we know all about war, disease, abortion and man’s inhumanity and apathy regarding his fellow man. We also know of courageous heroes who risked life and limb saving others…
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Greatest love songs ever: #41 “I’ve Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”
By Tom Quiner Love isn’t always pretty. Duke Ellington’s “I’ve Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)” is our second ‘torch song’ in our list of “52 Greatest Love Songs Ever.” “Stormy Weather” was our…
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Big News! The Prenatal Human Development Education Bill passes!
The legislature just passed the Prenatal Human Development Education bill. Now it moves on to Governor Reynolds to sign into law! This bill provides that fetal development related to pregnancy be taught in the human…
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Is U.S. poverty really a thing?
Jesus said, “For you have the poor with you always” (Matthew 26:11). But is He correct? The U.S. official poverty rate was 11.6% in 2021, but that number doesn’t count more than $2 trillion in…
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Greatest love songs ever: #42 “Ring of Fire”
By Tom Quiner “Love is a burning thing!” This line propels “Ring of Fire” out of the starting measure at breakneck speed. This is a love song about passion. Passion can be good, and passion…
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Greatest love songs ever: #43 “I’m a Believer”
By Tom Quiner What a shift! From the jazz-drenched “In a Sentimental Mood” last week to this week’s rocker from the sixties, “I’m a Believer!” Baby Boomers know the song as a #1 smash hit…
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Conflicted justice
The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia roils the nation. Mr. Garcia made headlines when the Trump administration expelled him from the U.S. to his native country of El Salvador. Compounding the controversy: he…
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Greatest love songs ever: #44 “In a Sentimental Mood”
By Tom Quiner Critics tend to disparage sentiment. They prefer Stephen Sondheim’s cynical take on love over Oscar Hammerstein’s sentimental outlook. Duke Ellington falls into a different category completely, as demonstrated by a haunting melody…
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