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
Tonight during the Super Bowl, CBS aired a Motorola Commercial with Megan Fox. I’ve embedded the commercial below, while it isn’t graphic it wouldn’t be appropriate to watch with kids in the room.
While there were a number of raunchy ads during the Super Bowl this was was incredibly disappointing. [...]
By Brian Myers
The latest issue of People magazine has the Duggar family featured in its cover story. The Duggars, as you probably already know, are a large family also featured in a reality television show with Mom (Michelle), Dad (Jim Bob), and their now 19 children. The aforementioned magazine cover has a picture of Michelle and Jim [...]
By Eric Goranson
Anytime I talk about Bob Vander Plaats, I feel like I have to clarify that I really like the guy overall. Seems nice enough. I’m with him philosophically on most everything outside of School Choice. I also appreciate his zeal on the marriage issue.
However, I saw this video and it solidified my opinion [...]
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
I’m not really a fan of the National Prayer Breakfast. I see it as a ecumenical politicized love fest that is so vague about faith that it means virtually nothing at all. I’m also amazed at prayer breakfasts like this how little prayer actually happens.
President Obama in his remarks this morning gave a [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
A House Joint Resolution (HJR 2003) was filed in the Iowa House today by 16 Representatives. It proposes an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to specify that the right of life is paramount and most fundamental right of every person (I seem to remember reading that in one of our founding documents, [...]
By JP Murie
This year our family joined a new homeschooling group and decided to experiment with some supplemental, enrichment classes. Most of these classes are taught by a mom within the group who has a gifting or a degree in a particular area. Others are taught by professional artists and licensed teachers. We signed each of our children up for three [...]
By Mary Selby
I remember the nurse practitioner saying, “I have a legal obligation to tell you that you can end this pregnancy.” In spite of being overwhelmed by the timing of this pregnancy, this was the last thing I would do or needed to hear. It was offensive that she had the legal [...]
By Jill Romines
As I sit and reflect on the events of the last year in terms of the pro-life movement, I have to admit I can get discouraged. Although it certainly did not come as a great surprise, almost immediately our president began to take some of the pro-choice steps we feared he would. First [...]
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