What, precisely, is it about America you love? That’s the question this July 4 as just 29% of Democrats say they’re extremely proud of the country, accompanied by just 33% of Independents and 60% of Republicans. In fact, Democratic love of country has always fallen far behind that of ...
Edmund Burke once said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” To me, those are great challenging words that you and I need to hear! We have a lot of moral concerns in our country right now. Can we work together in fixing our moral concerns? In the ...
Think of your first appointment as a consultation: a chance to meet with the therapist and make sure you’re a good fit. Your first session will be different from future visits. The initial visit is a period for you and your therapist to get to know each other and get an idea of how to ...
It’s been a year since the Supreme Court stripped women of their nearly 50 year right to make their own reproductive health-care decisions (Roe v. Wade). SCOTUS’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision has created a ripple effect, catching many people by surprise: 1) For the first time EVER, a ...
Not long ago, I couldn’t step outside my home without pulling on my KN95 mask. As smoke from wildfires in Canada sweeps in waves across the U.S., tens of millions of Americans from the East Coast to the Midwest find themselves living under severe air quality advisories. Phones buzz with ...
I’m “pro-life,” you could say. I was reared in a strictly Catholic household at 216 Geneseo St., and sent to St. Mary’s School in Storm Lake where that regimen was reinforced. I matriculated to an all-men’s college run by priests in the Twin Cities, where I was fully schooled in moral ...