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 →
Tag Archives: Climate Change
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 →
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 →
My Endorsements in Iowa’s Democratic Primary
Dear Friends, First, it should come as no surprise that Gov. Reynolds signed SF 2235 — the bill pushed by the pipeline company. Years ago as an elected official in Clarke Continue Reading →
For US Congress . . . Eddie Mauro!
Dear Friends, Iowans living in the Third Congressional District are fortunate to have a talented field of candidates running in the Democratic Primary. But Eddie Mauro stands out as a Continue Reading →
The Ends Are Near
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, Lars Pearson and I were discussing the state of our country. Lars bemoaned the prospect of 3 1/2 more years of Donald Trump as president Continue Reading →
Climate Emergency justification in Pearson’s trial
Dear Friends, Here’s the release Bold Iowa sent out on Friday about this Wednesday’s press conference, organized jointly with the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition. Heather Pearson’s jury trial for her arrest last fall Continue Reading →