Politics
Stand Up for Freedom rally is this Friday at noon: be there!
Des Moines-On Friday, June 8, as the United States Supreme Court prepares to issue its ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), concerned citizens of Des Moines will rally at the Iowa State Capitol to voice public opposition to the Health and Human Services Mandate …
Read MoreThe naivete of liberals
I ran across a liberal poster on Facebook today. It advocates (and agitates) for a minimum wage set at $23 per hour. What a heartless idea …
Read MoreThe beginning of the end for the NAACP?
The NAACP says there is a correlation between gay rights activism and civil rights. The Reverend Keith Ratliff says they are wrong. Reverend Ratliff, pastor of the Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines, resigned his position as a national Board member of this venerable civil rights organization over the issue …
Read MoreIs there really a difference between Republicans and Democrats?
Cynics decry the political process. Their snark: “It doesn’t matter who you elect. All politicians are the same.”Not really. The difference between Republicans and Democrats is measurable …
Read MoreToday is the day of the recall vote in Wisconsin. A win for Scott Walker is a win for fiscal sanity. I am re-running this post from last month which recaps the issues.
Read MoreSex scandal rocks Des Moines!
You know the old adage: sex sells. The question is, did the Des Moines Register really need to publish all of the sordidness of a public figure’s affair with the knowledge that the woman would be ruined if they did?
Read MoreObama honors socialist, disses capitalist
Barack Obama said NO to Lech Walesa. He said YES to Dolores Huerta. What kind of president would so dishonor a great man like Nobel prize winner Walesa, while feting a radical socialist like Ms. Huerta?
Read MoreThe drama of June 2nd, 1979
The Pope instigated a chain reaction on June 2nd, 1979, that is felt to this day. Leave it to the Obama administration to bungle it …
Read MoreDemocrats accept gendercide
Is it acceptable for American’s to choose abortion based on gender, just as they do in China? Republicans say no. Democrats say yes. The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2012 was just voted down in the House by Democrats that would have outlawed it …
Read MoreColson’s program slashed recidivism
Dear Mr. Quiner, I just want to say thank you for your column (May 30th, Colson was a prodigal son who deserved our forgiveness) that I read in the Des Moines Register. I felt heartsick and shocked after I read Kaul’s column …
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