Election time is upon us again. If you are like my family, you may find many of the ads, flyers, and TV commercials to be unbelievably negative and false. This robs us of good candidates by making people who are considering running for office hesitate to do so. Excuses such as “Someone else ...
The concerns that I have heard concerning data centers are: power, water, noise, non-local ownership, and jobs. Power: Most of Marshalltown receives power from Alliant Energy, and a few get their power from Consumers Energy. Iowa has many other power generation facilities. All of these ...
The macroeconomic numbers are good. America is near full employment. The stock market is doing well. Inflation is high, but down from where it was with former President Joe Biden. Americans do not care. They hate both parties. Republican operatives on the ground in state after state tell me ...
I hate mushrooms. Not that I hate their existence, but rather I hate consuming them – their texture, their smell, their flavor…even just the way they look on my food. I wish this were not true. I love the idea of foraging for wild edibles, but sadly eating a mushroom is about as ...
Houthi Attacks Push Oil Up Houthi attacks originating from Yemen shook the Saudi capital Riyadh Thursday with most projectiles being intercepted. The recent surge of Houthi aerial exchanges follows their capture of the port in the city of Mocha, Yemen. Largely as a result of the attacks, Brent Crude rose 3.4% to $106.60 while West Texas Intermediate gained $2.70 to $94.71 based upon mounting supply threats. On Friday, Iran proposed another memo of understanding that would open the Strait of Hormuz. That proposal knocked crude and Brent prices back down again. Diesel and home heating oil ...
“yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things (ta panta) and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things (ta panta) and through whom we exist.” 1 Corinthians 8:6 “For by him all things (ta panta) were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” Colossians 1:16 Last week we looked at Hebrews 1:2 and how Wayne Grudem interpreted the meaning of “world” from page 200 of his Book ...
