Archive - Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture

Two Women from Arkansas

fuel pumps, fossils, and librarians to the rescue...

Apr 20 •

Chuck Hurley with the Iowa Family Leader is No Civil Rights Hero

And a tribute to great newspaper columnists who shaped me, as a boy and now...

Apr 10 •

Why is Governor Kim Reynolds Dismantling our State Park System?

I detect a pattern...

Apr 7 •

Iowa City as Artifact

and the creation of meaning...

Apr 4 •

March 2024

The Annual Iowa Prayer Breakfast

And the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa counter programming--All are Welcome in Iowa...

Mar 29 •

Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry

Mar 22 •

Immigration Advocates Kill a Terrible Republican Anti-Immigrant Bill

And Iowa CCI and Iowans are the real winners in ethics investigation...

Mar 16 •

County Board of Supervisors Gone Wild

House File 2514 will hurt rural Iowa and county services...

Mar 8 •

Iowa CCI Files Ethics Complaint Against State Representative Dean Fisher (R)

Fisher campaigned on vouchers, voted for vouchers, and allegedly seeks to profit from them--but it's much bigger than that...

Mar 2 •

February 2024

Iowa Farmers Union Lobbying Day:

An encounter with a Family Leader lobbyist, and the paid subscriber link for tomorrow's Office Lounge!

Feb 22 •

Iowa Republicans Introduce a History and Civics Curriculum "Long Con"

And a brave history professor resists...

Feb 21 •

Iowa Republicans Legislate Oppression

And constituents resist...

Feb 14 •

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