Early feedback on “Marcher” encouraging
Dear Friends, In Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim (click here to purchase the book), I describe “the torture chamber of Catholic grade school” and write about beatings by nuns “too old to Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Weekly Updates
Time for a Green New Deal
Dear Friends, If you ever feel hopeless about the climate crisis, yesterday was a real shot in the arm. Nearly a thousand young people occupied the offices of US Representatives Continue Reading →
Bakken oil flows through Iowa to China
Dear Friends, First, to folks living close to Davenport, Iowa City, or Cedar Rapids, I’ll discuss my just-released book, Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim at three separate events in eastern Iowa this Continue Reading →
Fire relief fund update
Dear Friends, I’ve got a new piece of furniture: A pile of boxes containing 300 copies of Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim. Sure, it looks right handsome in the corner of our Continue Reading →
Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim
Dear Friends, It’s been quite a year for our climate. Fires in California. Drought in the southwest. Hurricanes along the Atlantic coast. Unseasonal cold spells in the upper Midwest. Climate Continue Reading →
Midterm Election: The Color Purple
Dear Friends, First, I want to thank Matt McCoy for calling out Matt Whitaker (President Trump’s new acting Attorney General) for Whitaker’s politically-motivated witch hunt against McCoy in 2007. Whitaker Continue Reading →
Political shot heard round the world
Dear Friends, I’m encouraged that, more than ever, people are taking seriously the importance of voting. To those who still feel it doesn’t matter, let me share this story: When Continue Reading →
Let them in!
Dear Friends, I woke up this morning ready to tell you about my new book, Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim. But news accounts of the huge migrant caravan of Central American refugees Continue Reading →
Utilities Board rules against DAPL!
Dear Friends, First a quick reminder about two events happening in Des Moines today and tomorrow (and check out our conversation about them on the second half of this week’s Continue Reading →
ALERT! Another oil pipeline is in the works!
Dear Friends, In a world where it seems that most news is bad news, I’m sorry to have to pile on. But it’s better to know the truth than to Continue Reading →