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 →
Iowa’s Suffering Senator
Dear Friends, I’ve had it with Iowa’s welfare queens. Wells Fargo. Rockwell Collins. Pioneer Dupont. Chuck Grassley. Yes, Grassley. The Senator announced this week that he’ll apply for federal farm bailout Continue Reading →
Plant a fall garden in the New Climate Era
Dear Friends, Some of the more undesirable features of life on Earth have already gotten worse in the New Climate Era: stronger storms, hungrier mosquitoes, more virulent ticks, a historically Continue Reading →
Politico calls Rob Sand a “young Robert Mueller”
Dear Friends, The excitement around November 6 is above and beyond what we normally experience leading up to an off-year election. Coast to coast, young, progressive candidates are fueling that Continue Reading →