Martin O’Malley for . . . Vice President?
Dear Friends, Before I tell you the most important take-aways from Saturday’s JJ Dinner, I’ve gotta share three moments of personal interest: – I attended the JJ as Press, which Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Weekly Updates
If the IUB has any integrity . . .
Dear Friends, I am so proud of all the landowners standing strong against the Bakken pipeline. (See the article in today’s Cedar Rapids Gazette.) Their position is not an easy Continue Reading →
Squash vs Bureaucrats
Dear Friends, The personal story I’m about to share is not exactly a struggle against the abuse of eminent domain. But it’s an urban parallel that should deepen city dwellers Continue Reading →
Disrupting Trump’s self-love fest
Dear Friends, In the fight for a just and peaceful world – and now, in the fight against climate change – I’ve done a lot of uncomfortable things. Running for Continue Reading →
How Hillary Clinton might avoid Scott Walker’s fate
Dear Friends, I love the richness of our descriptors for gatherings of various life forms. A few of my favorites: – A pride of lions – A murder of crows Continue Reading →
Catholic Church speaks out on climate
Dear Friends, I am honored to have Bishop Richard Pates of the Des Moines Catholic Diocese on today’s Fallon Forum at 11:00 a.m. You can tune-in to the conversation live Continue Reading →
Revival of hope in SE Iowa
Dear Friends, {WATCH THE FIVE-MINUTE VIDEO PRODUCED BY SHARI HRDINA THAT GIVES ME SUCH HOPE!} Democracy in America is not dead. But it is seriously ill, and most of us Continue Reading →
Poll’s message: Steak, not cake
Dear Friends, This weekend, I attended a most incredible, eclectic gathering of around 2,000 farmers, rednecks and environmentalists. People arrived via pick-up truck, Prius and Harley. They came to support Continue Reading →
Ostrich Society
Dear Friends, The propensity of humans to pretend all is well when it’s not is hardly new. Look back 2,600 years, when Jeremiah warned Israel of impending doom at the Continue Reading →
Copters for Kids
Dear Friends, {Check out and “like” my Facebook Page for pics, videos and impressions of the presidential candidates . . . and for updates on my exploits with chickens and Continue Reading →