Author Archives: Paul Deaton

Obama and the Work Ahead

Obama and the Work Ahead by Paul Deaton I’m in, and will be supporting the Obama-Biden ticket in 2012, unequivocally. No surprise there. Likewise, I will be supporting Democrats up and down the ticket. When an elected official gets closer … Continue reading →

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Walmart Food Prices and Labor

Walmart Food Prices and Labor by Paul Deaton[Editor's Note: This is the fifth article in a Blog for Iowa series about food and food pricing in Iowa, centered around a comparison shopping trip to buy ingredients for a bowl of … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Industry 0-6 in 2011

Nuclear Power Industry 0-6 in 2011 First Major State Legislative Defeat for “Small Modular Reactors” in Iowa;Dismal Industry Showing in 2011 Follows Dismal 0-14 Combined Record for 2009 and 2010.WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 6, 2011 – Deep-pocketed nuclear power lobbyists … Continue reading →

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A Blog for Iowa Independence Day Post

We hear a lot about the founding fathers today, and the truth is who they were, as people, is clouded in the river of time. One admires the portrait of John Adams written by David McCullough, and particularly the personal … Continue reading →

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The Bachmann Challenge for Iowa Democrats

Michele Bachmann could be the greatest challenge Iowa Democrats face during the 2012 Presidential election. It is not because she could win Iowa should she get the Republican nomination for president. It is because she is a real person, with … Continue reading →

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Walmart and Iowa Food Prices

Walmart and Iowa Food Prices by Paul Deaton [Editor's Note: This is the fourth article in a Blog for Iowa series about food and food pricing in Iowa, centered around a comparison shopping trip to buy ingredients for a bowl … Continue reading →

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Iowa Legislature Adjourns Sine Die (Finally)

Iowa Legislature Adjourns Sine Die (Finally) by Paul Deaton An acquaintance gave up the good life of working with lobbyists in Washington, DC to attend a culinary school in California. He posted, “What's the difference between legislating and making sausage? … Continue reading →

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Toward Iowa's Clean Energy Future

Toward Iowa's Clean Energy Future by Representative Chuck Isenhart Recently, I participated in a meeting with fellow legislators from around the country involved in the Coalition of Legislators for Energy Action Now (CLEAN). Among other developments, we heard about the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Iowa Marks Nuclear Abolition Day

Iowa Marks Nuclear Abolition Day

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Then Barack Obama Came to Iowa

Progressives are criticized for supporting President Obama. From conservatives, we hear the fear that Democrats are trying to engineer society through the government so that people would be deprived of their liberties and compelled to do horrible things: like drink … Continue reading →

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