By JP Murie
The phrase Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me is a nice idea, but what a ridiculous statement. I remember singing that like a nursery rhyme while bullies teased me and my brother on our way to school. But, the statement wasn’t true then, and it isn’t true now. Words can hurt. I still toss and turn over menacing words. They stick, they bury themselves inside of us, and they bring death of one sort or [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Today’s installment from the latest Iowa Poll that The Des Moines Register commissioned asked Iowans polled what issues should the Iowa Legislature consider this year. For those of you who live outside of Iowa may not be aware, this year’s General Assembly has a shortened session this year in order to cut costs. This [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Lynda Waddington of the Iowa Independent broke the story last week that The Truth Project was going to be shown at the Iowa State House for anyone who would like to attend (legislators, staff, people in the building, etc.). She wrote:
In an e-mail to supporters allegedly on behalf of Republican state Sen. Nancy [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
ABC News broke a “news story” yesterday… News Flash! SarahPAC paid more than $60,000 to purchase copies of Governor Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue: An American Life to send to people who donated $100 or more. ABC News’ Matthew Mosk reported:
The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had [...]
By JP Murie
Soon after the first quake rocked Port-au-Prince I had an interesting conversation with a friend that began with this engaging question, “How should we respond to the devastation in Haiti?” [...]
By Mary Selby
As I was watching Geraldo covering the Haitian crisis on the Fox News channel tonight, I welled up with tears of compassion for the people of this destroyed island. The wall to wall babies sleeping on the dirt at the House of the Children of God Orphanage stirred my heart with such a desire [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Words can not describe. Pictures barely even do it justice, the devastation to structures and lives that has taken place in Haiti.
My heart is heavy and burdened for the people of Haiti tonight, especially in Port-au-Prince. This country struggled with both physical and spiritual [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
The Washington Post reports:
A Fox News executive says the network will shortly announce that the former vice-presidential nominee is signing on as a contributor.
Palin, who resigned as governor of Alaska last summer, will appear as a commentator on various Fox shows. She will also [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
I missed this on Sunday, but as you can tell I haven’t given much attention to blogging lately. This was on Fox News Sunday, I’m not sure of the context of why they were talking about Tiger Woods, but Brit Hume said something you typically never hear from journalists. You can watch below:
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By Shane Vander Hart
WCBS TV, the CBS Affiliate for New York City reports about an 8th grader who was savagely beaten by 11 students in Englewood, NJ:
What began as an innocent mistake ended in a vicious attack on a local honor student.
Police said as many as 11 students beat [...]
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