Walk to Paris: Day 2
I ponder the tremendous sacrifices made by so many people – not just the soldiers or the residents of the French communities in the line of fire, but the everyday men and women back home. Continue Reading →
Walk to Paris: Day 1
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 – Omaha Beach to Asnelles Today was hard. Steve and I hadn’t realized that the shops and most restaurants would be closed on Armistice Day. Our food Continue Reading →
Keystone coalition must mobilize against Bakken
Dear Friends, With the Keystone Pipeline finally laid to rest, the national coalition that helped secure victory must turn its attention to the Bakken Pipeline. Don’t be fooled: Bakken is Continue Reading →
The next long walk
Dear Friends, Next week, I travel to France to being a walk from the coast of Normandy to Paris for the U.N. Climate Summit. This will be my third long Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →