Rejoicing the freedom to sing ‘Silent Night’ in a peaceful Iowa
One of the more inspiring Christmas stories I’ve ever heard doesn’t involve Tiny Tim and a bunch of lame ghosts. Or Jimmy Stewart and a town called Bedford Falls. [...]
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Posted December 24, 2014in Political Mercury
Posted December 17, 2014in Political Mercury
Four candidates vying for Iowa Democratic Party chair
Des Moines, or Not Des Moines? That’s a central question for the central committee of the Iowa Democratic Party, according to a northern Iowa activist seeking the state chairmanship. Kurt [...]
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Posted December 10, 2014in Political Mercury
Devout Denison Latinos showcase family, faith
Faith and pageantry walked hand-in-hand through St. Rosa of Lima Parish Sunday as more than 700 Latino Catholics celebrated the feast of Guadalupe — a signature event in their culture. [...]
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Posted December 03, 2014in Political Mercury
Could sports-betting ever be legal in Iowa’s casinos?
In a New York Times editorial two weeks ago, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver endorsed legalization of professional sports betting, saying it is time to bring such wagering out of the shadows and into regulated [...]
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Posted November 26, 2014in Political Mercury
Q&A with Steven Leath
Why should students attend Iowa State? And can they get there faster on U.S. Highway 30? Question: For students with no planned major who are interested in a liberal-arts education, about [...]
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Posted November 19, 2014in Political Mercury
King strenghtens his northwest Iowa lock on power
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, captured 37 of the 39 counties the 4th congressional district to easily win re-election to a seventh term. He cleared the 80-percent-vote threshold in some [...]
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Posted November 12, 2014in Political Mercury
The dark greed of corporate interests bread-bagged a U.S. senator
Eighty-five million dollars. That’s how much Democrats and Republicans and a colorfully striped array of outside interest groups spent on the U.S. Senate race in Iowa, according to the non-partisan Center [...]
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Posted October 29, 2014in Political Mercury
King on gays: ‘I don’t expect to meet them should I make it to heaven’
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, suggests gays won’t make it to heaven. What’s more, in an interview, King intimated that the divorced or cohabitators could be thwarted in the pursuit [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Political Mercury
Beware what you run from, Iowa
Joni Ernst is on the verge of cashing in the winning ticket on a crazy bet. She’s wagering Iowa voters, collectively, will assume the mindset of teenage runways and stick [...]
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Posted October 15, 2014in Political Mercury
Appel, Young split on how America should fight
Staci Appel says the United States should “always” fight foreign conflicts and terror with friends standing by the nation’s side. David Young says the country may be forced to throw [...]
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