Greatest 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…
Read MoreWho are happier: liberal or conservative women?
New York Times best-selling author, psychologist, and doctor, Leonard Sax, spoke at the first annual Forge Conference last Saturday in downtown Des Moines. He presented a sobering picture of…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #50 “Stormy Weather”
By Tom Quiner “Don’t know why, There’s no sun up in the sky, Stormy weather, Since my man and I ain’t together, Keeps raining all the time.” These are some…
Read More76th child saved by Safe Haven Law
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced that two more babies were saved thanks to the Safe Haven Law. HHS Communications Director, Alex Murphy, sent out the following…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #51 “Impossible”
By Tom Quiner Some say it is ‘impossible’ to end abortion. I say all it takes is love. And love songs are a cultural antidote to what ails us. That’s…
Read MoreThe Case for Reparations
By Tom Quiner On a recent trip to Angola last December, President Biden suggested that the issue of slave reparations deserves further study. Just last week, House Democrats reintroduced a…
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