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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Trump – Six Months In
It’s been difficult to get a grip on our 45th president. His first six months in office have been so different from previous Republican presidents there is no comparison. An inability to relate to this president — on any level … Continue reading
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Tagged 45, Donald Trump, politics, republican party
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Act On Climate — Scary Edition
You may have seen David Wallace-Wells’ New York Magazine article titled, “The Uninhabitable Earth.” It’s a scary article with frightful truths circulating on social media. Half truths according to Michael E. Mann, director of Earth System Science Center at Penn … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, The Climate Reality Project
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Social Security Runs Out! (In 2034)
Last Thursday the board of trustees overseeing Social Security released its 2018 projection. 61 million beneficiaries — retirees, disabled workers, spouses and surviving children — will get an increase in monthly benefits. The forecast increase is 2.2 percent or about … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary Clinton, politics, social security, sustainability
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New Format, New Era For Blog For Iowa
We hope readers enjoy the new Blog for Iowa format, which went live July 13. We joined the broader WordPress Community for ease of administration, use, and platform stability. While we join millions of WordPress bloggers we hope our Iowa … Continue reading
Organic Food’s Sticky Wicket
When people think of local food, most have seasonal sweet corn and tomatoes in mind. That hasn’t changed much in years. The quest for good-tasting food that does no harm has also been around for a long time. Organic food … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Local Food, Organic Foods & Farming, politics
Tagged farming, Gardening, organic farming, politics, Trump Republicans
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Exiting Paris – Not The End Of The World
We survived U.S. failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gas emissions and will survive if Republicans drag us out of the Paris Agreement after the 2020 general election, as was announced June 1 in Washington, D.C. Make … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community
Tagged Act On Climate, ActOnClimate, climate change, environment, sustainability, The Climate Reality Project
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Waiting For Trump On Climate Action
While in Europe, Pope Francis and the G7 leaders bent President Trump’s ears about climate change. The Pope presented a copy of Laudato Sí, On Care For Our Common Home, his encyclical on consumerism, irresponsible development, environmental degradation and global … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Act On Climate, climate change, environment, global warming, The Climate Reality Project
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It’s Not Memorial Day
We can end the witch hunt because it’s been found in the person of Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer. I had hoped our first female speaker would be different from other politicians. Those hopes were dashed as she proved herself … Continue reading
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Tagged Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, veterans, Veterans for Peace
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Iowa Water Quality And Confirmation Bias
Progressives, farmers and environmentalists heard there is movement in the Iowa legislature to fund water quality and ears perked up — a natural impulse to interpret new events as supporting something we already believe or are working on, also known … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, water
Tagged #ialegis, #iapolitics, environment, Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, water quality
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Republicans Shell The Democratic Party
“The objective is to destroy the coherence of the enemy’s defense, to fragment and isolate enemy units in the zone of attack, and to secure operationally decisive objectives.” U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-09.22 The political battlefield changed during the … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Democratic Party, Iowa politics, politics, Progressive Community
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