Culture
Art a conservative can love
People do crazy things in the name of art.
Sometimes, the craziness works. For example, who in their right mind would dream of creating a work of art out of 66,000 cups of waters. Especially if the endeavor took 62 hours of toil.
An artist by the name of Belo would …
The Planned Parenthood "goo" lie
Karen and I took our 2 year old grandson to the CelebrAsian Festival this afternoon.
We soaked up some wonderful Asian culture and cuisine. As we strolled past the various booths, we came upon the Iowans for Life tent. Evidently, we just missed a representative from Planned Parenthood who had popped in to challenge them. She gloated that she had a PHD and knew what was best for women …
"Hear, Smith of heavens"
What a beautiful way to exit this world.
A guy from Iceland named Kolbeinn Tumason wrote this beautiful hymn on his deathbed at the turn of the 12th century. Here is the English translation:
Social media run amuck?
Simple advice from a simple lady
The dignity of women
I keep my finger on the pulse of the culture by reading advice columnists like “Dear Abby.” Today’s letter is fairly typical:
“Dear Abby: I met the most wonderful man on a dating site. We seemed to hit it off. In fact, we are falling in love with each other. But he isn’t ready for an exclusive relationship and still wants to date.
He gets on the dating sites when I’m asleep in his bed. He has told me he loves me, but right now he just wants to be friends. He says I should also date, but how do you turn off love?”
Brief thoughts on the latest mass killings
By Tom Quiner I’m not surprised. It’s a horrible thing to say, but the latest mass killings in Santa Barbara didn’t even make the front page of the Des Moines Register. Mass killing is losing its ability to shock. They keep happening, typically perpetrated by some disaffected young person looking to get revenge against a world…
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The fruits of the self-esteem movement
Welcome to the brave new world of young people inculcated with self-esteem.
These delicate flowers will not tolerate anything, ANYTHING, that makes them feel uncomfortable, bilious, or flustered. Can you blame them? After all, no one wants to feel uncomfortable, right?
Human abortion is either 'no big deal' or it's monstrous
Abby Johnson knows all about human abortion. She had a couple of abortions herself. And she worked as a clinic director for Planned Parenthood in Texas. She didn’t think there was anything wrong with it until she saw one take place …
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