Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.-Albus Dumbledore So, the good King is out, as expected. Like I said Friday night: Whoever else is interested, jump in. The water’s warm … Here are my quick thoughts [...]
It appears as if the logjam that has prevented Republican candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat from declaring their candidacies has broken. Despite Congressman Steve King still mulling over a run of his own, at least three other candidates seem eager to get in the race sooner rather than later. Secretary of State Matt [...]
Bob Vander Plaats and The Family Leader organization he presides over rallied 125 conservatives from across the state at the capitol Tuesday morning. They called on legislators to strip all funding for abortions and abortion providers from the state budget. Last week, state Senator Amy Sinclair (R-Allerton) sponsored a bill that would have done that. [...]
As Congressman Bruce Braley has begun to introduce himself to voters in western Iowa Wednesday and today, the presumptive Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014 made his presence known at the annual LGBTQ youth conference that was being held at the Prairie Meadows Casino Conference Center in Altoona. A short video of Braley [...]
As Congressman Bruce Braley has begun to introduce himself to voters in western Iowa Wednesday and today, the presumptive Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014 made his presence known at the annual LGBTQ youth conference that was being held at the Prairie Meadows Casino Conference Center in Altoona. A short video of Braley [...]
The leader of a conservative student organization on the DMACC campus is publicly opposing the college’s use of tuition and taxpayer money to support the 8th Annual Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning) Youth. Des Moines Area Community College paid $1,000 to sponsor the event. Jake Dagel, chairman of the DMACC [...]
Iowa’s most prominent supporters of Personhood legislation applaud the Life at Conception bill Rand Paul introduced in the U.S. Senate last week. However, they feel the possible presidential contender undermined his own legislation during a CNN interview earlier this week. “That’s exactly how I see it,” said State Rep. Tom Shaw (R-Laurens). Shaw has introduced [...]