What is Suffering? The most traumatic place I’ve yet visited on this Earth is Auschwitz-Birkenau. I was there with some friends in 2005. I know I’ve talked about it before. The awful things that were done to people during that war. The humiliation. The...
On the Republican side, the increase in McCain’s position in the polls, slow as it is in coming, is a reflection of the unity that is starting to build within the Republican Party. I think what you’re really seeing is that as the various state conventions...
Traveling across eastern Iowa and Illinois this past week we got a look at some of the areas that were affected by the flooding. I-80 looks good… the section that had been flooded looks normal… I didn’t realize what it was until I had driven over...
The waters have receded in Iowa for now, and although the task is still long and hard ahead of so many Iowans, we’ve moved the links related to the flood off of the sidebar and onto a separate page. If you select the “Other Resources” page above,...
I’ve got two sets of photos to share. The first are photos from around Des Moines during the peak water levels, including the Raccoon River, Des Moines River, and some creeks. The following photos were taken along the Des Moines River on Thursday, June 19. The...