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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
A Week Directly From Hell
The final week of June must have come directly from hell. There was substantial action at the state and federal level — none of it good — and despite that, the presidential debate pushed everything aside leaving a landscape littered … Continue reading
Follow A Democratic Congressperson
How does one cope with the fact Republicans hold all four Iowa congressional seats? Figure out a connection to some other Democrat. For me, that’s Jan Schakowsky who represents Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, including Skokie, where our child lives. Her … Continue reading
Breaker Boys Revisited
A breaker boy was a coal-mining worker in the United States whose job was to separate impurities from coal by hand in a coal breaker. The use of breaker boys began in the mid-1860s, according to Wikipedia. Although public disapproval … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged 14th amendment, child labor, Iowa Republican Party, politics
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Will Reproductive Freedom Do The Work?
Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst said the message for Democratic candidates is clear in 2024. There are two issues: reproductive freedom and public education. Both are equally important. Where the rubber meets the road, during local political canvassing, many … Continue reading
Clearing The Field
The metaphor Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart used at the June 15 state convention was apt. After saying Democratic candidates had a tough road ahead, she likened the work leading to the November election to clearing rocks from a … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Democrats
Tagged House Democratic Leader Jennifer Konfrst, IDP Chair Rita Hart, Iowa Democrats, Iowa politics
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Call Balls And Strikes? Not So Fast!
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Food and Drug Administration, et. al., vs. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et.al., a case about use of the drug mifepristone in terminating pregnancies up to seven weeks. The high court found unanimously the … Continue reading
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Do Iowa Democrats Need A Political Convention?
I was selected as a delegate to the Iowa Democratic Party state convention which convenes at 10 a.m. today. There weren’t enough volunteer delegates nominated at the county convention, so I threw my hat in the ring knowing I might … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Convention 2024, Iowa Democratic Party, Iowa Democrats, Iowa politics
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Bill Anders Died As He Lived
Early Saturday morning news media reported Bill Anders died at age 90 while a plane he was piloting crashed into the sea off Washington State. He was a pilot at the beginning of his career and that’s how it ended. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Bill Anders, Earthrise, environment, NASA, obituary
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A Progressive Summer Reading Program
At a time when conservative political activists tell us what we can and can’t read and learn in public spaces, summer reading programs at public libraries continue to thrive. In the City of Solon, population 3,018, 261 kids attended the … Continue reading
Posted in progressive values
Tagged #amreading, books, reading list, summer reading
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Migration From Newspapers To Other Media
This chart says a lot about the history of newspapers in the 21st Century. As the number of employees in the business declined by 75 percent, private equity extracted financial resources from these businesses through mergers and acquisitions, leaving a … Continue reading
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