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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Conversion Therapy Ban Ban
Let’s just get into this. Conversion therapy is wrong and Iowa Republicans want statewide control in how communities approach it. In case you’ve been sleeping, conversion therapy is at best a pseudoscience intended to change an individual’s sexual orientation. At … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature 2024
Tagged Conversion Therapy, Iowa Legislature, LGBTQ+, local control, Scientific Methods
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Earthrise Studio on Fossil Fuels
I met Finn Harries in Cedar Rapids at Al Gore’s 2014 Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. The diminutive Brit showed up only for the days Gore gave his Inconvenient Truth lecture. Harries and his twin brother Jack had millions of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Earthrise Studio, environment, Finn Harries, fossil fuel industry, Jack Harries, renewables
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Embers Of The Iowa Caucuses
Has the Iowa Democratic Party hit rock bottom? At Monday’s poorly attended precinct caucuses, small groups of long-time Democratic attendees kept political embers glowing. Although we hadn’t reached “rock bottom” one could see it from there in the dim light … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Caucuses
Tagged caucus, Iowa Caucus, politics
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Book Ban Distraction in Iowa
When the Iowa Legislature convened on Monday, House Majority Leader Pat Grassley reprised his position on banning books in schools. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported: Grassley doubled down on House Republicans’ efforts to remove books with sexual content from public … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
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Legislative Goals For The Greater Good
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Mike Jacobsen who is an Iowa County Democrat. It is full of the kind of hope and common sense Democrats have in abundance. The post is published on Blog for Iowa with permission … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature 2024
Tagged Iowa Democrats, Iowa Legislature 2024, Iowa politics, politics
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Reducing Consumption of Animal Products
An uncomfortable truth about environmentalism — that no one wants to discuss, especially in Iowa — is the amount of land used to feed and husband animals. To say it another way, the best thing we could do to mitigate … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged agriculture, climate change, climate crisis
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After COP 28 Keep On The Sunny Side
I met with State Senator Joe Bolkcom before he retired to discuss ways to mitigate the effects of climate change. He told me something important as we finished our conversation. “Join a group and get active,” he said. What does … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged #fossilfuels, climate change, climate crisis, COP 28, environment
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Biden Remarks Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
On Friday, January 5, 2023, President Joe Biden gave this speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to kick off his re-election campaign. It is worth a listen.
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Tagged 2024 election, Joe Biden, President Joe Biden
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Electric Cars and Iowa
When we couldn’t get new parts for our 2002 Subaru in 2022, we decided to get a replacement car. First of all, it rots that basic suspension parts are unavailable from the manufacturer of a relatively new and otherwise fine … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged #ActOnClimate, climate crisis, environment, Mariannette Miller-Meeks
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Invisible Hand During The Holidays
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is a book seldom read in its entirety. Libertarians underwent multiple iterations of winnowing the more than five hundred fifty pages into something more closely matching their ideological viewpoint. Once, they serialized a conservative … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Lunch Program, Iowa Medicaid, Iowa politics, Kim Reynolds, Koch Industries, nursing homes, poverty
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