Killing others in the name of any God or prophet or religion is wrong. It's a form of genocide, of ethnic cleansing. It's clear prejudice. It's not in self-defense. It's an open act of offense to purge the earth of people who suffer the great offense of believing differently than [...]
How many people who know Christ still behave as though they are still condemned? That’s not the Gospel. Some encouraging words from the late Welsh pastor, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in The Christian Soldier:
…when the devil comes and says, “You have no standing, you are condemned, you are finished”, you [...]
Miscellany to kick off the weekend.
John Piper: 9 Ways to Know the Gospel of Christ Is True Principled Discovery: Why I’m not a “crunchy con” The Foundry: New Study Shows Tax Cuts Most Effective Stimulus Investors Business Daily: Power To Spare (their take on Sarah Palin [...]
Governor Culver gave labor unions until Friday November, 6th (That’s Today) to renegotiate. Its 6:22 p.m. Governor, I’m sure there are a lot of state workers wondering if you were successful in negotiating with the unions so they can keep their jobs.
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JOHNSTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin thinks the country should have a debate on whether the Medicare program providing health care to U.S. seniors ought to be expanded to cover children as well.
Harkin floated the idea with reporters after a taping Friday of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press.”
“It’s [...]
Steve King
U.S. Rep. Steve King is hoping to derail health care reform legislation scheduled to be debated in the U.S. House by trying to harness the Tea Party protests that took place throughout the summer and once again bringing them to the nation’s capital on Saturday.
King [...]
Paul McKinley
Senate Majority Leader Paul McKinley, R-Chariton, followed through on his promise Friday and dropped out of the 2010 campaign for governor.
McKinley said last month that when former Gov. Terry Branstad made his candidacy official, he would withdraw. [...]
State Sen. Paul McKinley today made formal his withdrawal from the 2010 race for the Republican nomination for governor.
The Senate Republican leader from Chariton had said he would likely step aside should former Gov. Terry Branstad enter the race for the nomination.
Branstad last month announced his retirement as president of [...]
Make some time to watch this video. It’s not short but it’s powerful. Juan Williams (Fox News contributor and NPR host) guides the viewer through a powerful and factual case for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program and rightfully shames the NEA and members of Congress hell-bent on [...]
Shushannah Walshe and Scott Conroy give us a taste of "Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar"... Reaction to Ft Hood jihad attack. Robert Merry talks about "A Country of Vast Designs"...a look at the history of President James K [...]
McKinley Withdraws From Gubernatorial Race, Remains Focused on Winning Back Iowa Senate Majority
2010 elections provide tremendous opportunities for Republicans up and down the ballot
Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) today announced he is withdrawing his candidacy to be the next governor of Iowa and will continue [...]
Honestly, I think that is probably the term I dislike the most when referring to politics. For me it rates right up there with the term common ground. I’m not sure how you feel, but to me it seems that a lot of times we could just translate these words [...]
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a congressional leader known for his watchdog approach to federal agencies, believes that an online initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services amounts to state-sponsored propaganda.
“The campaign now on hhs.gov is not purely informational because it expressly has visitors [...]
House Republicans are blasting a $130,000 trip that University of Iowa hospital officials plan to take to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla.
“Over 100,000 Iowans are out of work,” Rep. Jeff Kaufmann, R-Wilton, said in written statement yesterday. “Small businesses and families are tightening their budget belts, yet the people [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
The Newton Independent has confirmed that the three nurse supervisors at Skiff Medical Center that earlier this week were demoted to part-time, overnight status have regained their positions at the city-owned hospital.
On Wednesday, the three nurses, with nearly 80 years of experience at Skiff, were told they could [...]
The Associated Press broke the news Friday morning that an aide close to Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin confirms she will formally announce she will seek the Democratic nomination for Senate next week.
The aide also confirms she will file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission next week.
Later [...]
Four additional Iowa influenza-related H1N1 deaths are being reported today by the Iowa Department of Public Health, and one of the new fatalities is not attributable to risk factors associated with an additional medical condition.
The latest victims are identified as adults in Dubuque, Polk, Mills and Monona counties. To [...]
By Emily Geiger
I sincerely hope Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives are not going to try to sneak a vote on her proposed healthcare plan while the country is distracted by the tragedy at Ft. Hood.
But as of right now, it looks [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
The attorney for the Newton woman charged with the alleged theft of funds from the American Legion is asking the court to dismiss one of the charges filed against her, a move county prosecutors are resisting.
James Nelson, the attorney for Shari Good, filed a motion on Tuesday to [...]
My good friend Kathie Obradovich recently wrote an article in which she calls on Terry Branstad to apologize for comments he made about blind people. Her article was spawned by the Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Mike Kiernan’s press release asking Branstad to apologize. In a private meeting [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
Interest by federal authorities in taking over the prosecution of individuals charged in connection with the misappropriation of nearly $154,000 from the now defunct Jasper County Transit agency is one of the issues raised by the state prosecutor in asking the court to delay their trials currently scheduled [...]
Christopher Reed formally announced his candidacy to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack of the 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, and in doing so vowed to run a less contentious campaign than he did in 2008 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin.
In that campaign, which Reed [...]
The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 10.2% in October, with 558,000 people filing unemployment claims last month in a report issued this morning by the U.S. Labor Department.
Employers cut jobs in construction, manufacturing and retail trade, bringing the total number of jobs lost in the recession to 7.3 million.
Editor's' [...]
UPDATE: PAUL McKINLEY IS OUT - SEPARATION SATURDAY ERRR FRIDAYDes Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today.
Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely than not to seek the seat held by five-term Republican Chuck Grassley, [...]
The website designed to allow citizens to track how and where funds are being allocated as part of the $830 million I-JOBS infrastructure plan now includes an interactive tool to improve transparency, Gov. Chet Culver announced Thursday.
In June, Culver’s deputy chief of staff, Phil Roeder, told The [...]
In the midst of the longest recession in 80 years, the unemployment rate is the highest it has been in 26%.
From the New York Times:
The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September, [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
The Skiff Medical Center Board of Trustees has set closed door meetings on Monday and Tuesday to interview the four finalists for the chief executive officer position and ostensibly to extend a contract offer to the board's choice to head the city-owned hospital.
The four finalists, who have not' [...]
The 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary is shaping up to be a spirited affair, with candidates already actively campaigning and taking shots at their fellow Republicans more than seven months before Election Day.
But Civic Skinny, the anonymous gossip columnist for Des Moines’ Cityview, says the contest is as much about [...]
