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Greatest Love Songs Ever: #17 “Someone to Watch Over Me”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates I introduce you to the greatest American songwriter in history: George Gershwin. He collaborated with his lyricist brother, the great Ira Gershwin,…
Read MoreDid you miss our celebration of America 250?
Lot’s happening this month! Life Chain last Sunday. Our quarterly pro-life meeting last night. 40 Days for Life. And just Sunday, our kick-off celebration of America 250. America 250 is…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #18 “Stand By Your Man”
Country music’s all-time #1 song is a counter-cultural oddity to 21st century’s young listeners. “Stand by Your Man” is an anthem to forgiveness. Without it, relationships don’t have a chance. …
Read MoreAre abortion and the death penalty morally equivalent?
Pope Leo XIV created a stir last week. He reacted to pushback directed at Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s decision to lavish honor upon retiring pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin. Durbin ran…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #19 “Close to You”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates Burt Bacharach was one of the most amazing songwriters of the 1960s. He was cut from a different mold than the…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #20 “You Go To My Head”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates Romantic love is simply intoxicating. It can make you feel dizzy, giddy, and even silly. The songwriting team of J. Fred Coots…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #21 “It Had to be You”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates “It Had to be You” was written a century ago and has never gone away. It experienced a resurgence in 1989 when…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #22 “All the Things You Are”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates “You are the promised kiss of springtime, that makes the lonely winter seem long.” These romantic words by the legendary Oscar Hammerstein…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #23 “Let’s fall in love”
Hamlet poses the portentous question, “to be or not to be?” in one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. He offers the question in the context of whether to go on living.…
Read MoreSchool shootings and the Baby Olivia bill
In light of the tragic shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, a question resounds from coast to coast: Why do so many school shootings take place? One…
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