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With parents’ rights, Iowa giveth and taketh away

The Iowa Legislature and Governor Kim Reynolds cannot seem to make up their minds whether they support parental rights or are against Mom and Dad being the decision-makers when it comes to their children’s well-being. Trying to analyze Republican officials’ views on parental rights is ...

Don’t valorize January 6

The philosopher Eric Hoffer famously wrote, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” What he evidently didn’t count on was great outrages becoming causes. From the perspective of the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6, it was ...

Your workforce training partner

Workforce training is a topic on every business leader’s mind. As companies hire, they have the challenge of onboarding new employees, and ensuring these employees have the right skills for their job. And let’s face it, employees are called upon to not only operate, but also to innovate, ...

Cornfields, common sense and community

As the 12th week of the legislative session came to an end, it also signaled the end of the second funnel. While we did not have floor debate this week, there was a large effort to get any bills through committee that we needed to consider. A number of student members from S.E.A.L. (Students ...

When a trans person murders Christian schoolchildren

The legacy media have a preset narrative machine when it comes to mass shootings. That narrative machine takes into account the identities of the shooter and the victims, and then churns out an explanation for the shooting. White shooter, black victims: systemic racism. Black shooter, white ...

Give thanks even for the fleas!

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1Thess 5:16-18) I’ve been reading about Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie, Calvinist Christians in Holland who believed in giving aid and shelter to the Jews during ...