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Author Archives: Paul Deaton
Senator Cruz And The Sierra Club
The exchange between U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Sierra Club president Aaron Mair during an Oct. 6 Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing was a brief flash in the news cycle. Was it also a debate about climate change? The subject was … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged Aaron Mair, climate change, environment, Iowa Starting Line, Miriam Kashia, Sarah Beckman, Sierra Club, Ted Cruz
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It Takes More Than A President
It’s hard to disagree with Bernie Sanders (I-VT): a political revolution is needed to make sustained, progressive change in the U.S. political system. It takes more than a president. “No president, not the best intentioned in the world can implement … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Progressive Community
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, politics, Progressive Community
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Gibson Resolution On Climate Change
(Editor’s Note: To some, eleven Republicans co-sponsoring the Gibson resolution to act on climate are merely stating obvious facts about the science of global warming, its impact on climate, and the need to take immediate action. Friends Committee on Legislation … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate change, climate change deniers, environment
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Pushing Back On Raising Minimum Wage
RURAL JOHNSON COUNTY — The nearby City of Solon is concerned about the impact of the recently passed county ordinance to raise the minimum wage. The city council doesn’t buy in, local businesses don’t buy in. On Sept. 10, the … Continue reading
Two Things About Labor
As a child Dad would take us to the Eagles hall for a Labor Day event sponsored by his union. There were speeches and socializing, food and beverages, and one year I won a canned ham in a raffle which … Continue reading
Are Pentagon Contractors Driving U.S. Foreign Policy?
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002 to 2005 and expert in foreign policy and national security affairs, will speak on the excessive political influence of Pentagon contractors on U.S. foreign … Continue reading
Posted in money out of politics
Tagged Foreign Affairs, Money out of politics
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The FCC And Internet Investment
To the Editor of the Des Moines Register In her Sept. 1 Des Moines Register opinion piece, “Congress must protect net neutrality,” Clayola Brown gets it exactly wrong. She wrote, “the FCC’s approach to net neutrality is a serious mistake,” … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Issues
Tagged FCC's Net Neutrality plan, net neutrality
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Denial and Denali
Environmentalists are having trouble wrapping their head around a president who visited Alaska above the Arctic Circle on Wednesday to speak on the need to mitigate the causes of climate change, while at the same time on Aug. 17 approved … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Alaska, energy policy, environment, president obama, ShellNo
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Wages And Private Sector Unions
As we approach Labor Day, the lockout of United Steel Workers at six Allegheny Technologies plants is a sad commentary on the state of affairs of public sector unions. “Management has locked out more than 2,000 workers in an effort to … Continue reading
Expanding The Electorate In Iowa
(Editor’s Note: Three candidates lead the presidential primary race in Iowa summer polling, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. Political action is expected to heat up toward the end of the year, especially as families gather for the Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged 2016 Iowa Caucuses, Progressive Community
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