You would think a school district readily knows its A-B-C’s. Not the Des Moines Public Schools — at least not when informing the public what its 6,600 employees were paid during the academic year that ended June 30. Yes, grade school teachers still call roll in alphabetical order. And ...
More than any political cycle in memory, the 2026 primary campaign season has been marked by frequent, and often hysterical, condemnations of the influence of the so-called "Israel lobby." After the conspiratorial anti-Trump gadfly Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his Republican congressional ...
It was already one of the most clownish (if sinister) moments in the Trump administration -- the Department of Justice actually brought criminal charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for sabotaging the president's big, beautiful reflecting pool. It then dropped them for legal ...
Economic development is a tough animal to really define, whether it’s a new restaurant, a manufacturer, business or coffee shop. Sure, some businesses are built by local residents, but many are not. I see people commenting all the time on Facebook about what Marshalltown should “go ...
This is part of a prayer from a recent Sunday morning church service: “…What an amazing truth. The sovereign creator of the universe is also our lowly friend and savior Jesus Christ….That the creator of all things would come to earth and take on flesh to become God the Son, the sinless savior of the world…. Father we know that the miracles Jesus performed were meant to verify and prove and support the teaching that he is who he said he is. That he is God in the flesh.” Was this pastor praying and teaching amazing truth or traditions of men? “God the Son” is not in ...
My church calendar shows Saturday, August 15 as the “Feast of the Assumption of Mary.” (A) Where can I find the story of Mary’s Assumption in the Bible? (B) If it’s not in the Bible, how did it come about? (C) Finally what are your thoughts about Mary? Excellent questions. (A) While you can’t find Mary’s Assumption recorded in Scripture, Mary’s Assumption is one of the four Christian Marian Dogma’s. These four dogmas are (1) Mary’s Divine Motherhood, (2) Mary’s Perpetual Virginity (3) Mary’s Immaculate Conception (not to be confused with the doctrine of Jesus’s ...
