Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Framelab Podcast: Why Defund The Police Failed As A Political Frame

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Trish Nelson

George Lakoff is a retired Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is now Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu). Click here for a list of books … Continue reading →

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Update: Event Rescheduled/Candlelight Vigil To Be Held Jan. 6

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Trish Nelson

UPDATE:  Original event called off due to – Weather!!! There will be a candlelight vigil , same location, 5pm on Jan 6th, in coordination with hundreds of similar “January 6th Vigils for Democracy” being held around the country. Further details … Continue reading →

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How The Koch Brothers Shut Down The War On Covid

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Two parts of the story here (1) a  short video of a public comment made by Senator Joe Bolkcom in 2017 about the Koch Brothers’ ongoing occupation of our own state capitol and (2)  an excerpt from a recent article … Continue reading →

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Iowa Press Fails To Inform Continued…

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Trish Nelson

And another thing.. Monday I posted about last weekend’s edition of Iowa Press. Afterwards, I had to sort through some additional reactions to it. This program has been a staple on Iowa PBS for decades. It needs to modernize itself. … Continue reading →

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Al Franken Speaks With Planned Parenthood CEO

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Trish Nelson
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Iowa Press Fails To Inform

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Taped on Friday, December 17. The latest Reporters’ Roundtable edition of Iowa Press would have been essentially useless as far as informing the public about issues had it not been for Kathy Obradovich.  While the others wasted their time primarily … Continue reading →

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Still In The Christmas Mood

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Once more we will take it easy this weekend. We will do this by taking a trip with one of Canada’s most famous story tellers, Stuart McLean. Many may remember that McLean’s stories were featured on Iowa Public Radio on … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas From Blog For Iowa

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Dave Bradley
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Bridges In Iowa Crumble While Miller-Meeks Plays Politics

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Trish Nelson

by Thomas Beaumont apnews.com/article/business-iowa-mississippi-river-davenport-mariannette-miller-meeks DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport’s 81-year-old Centennial Bridge across the Mississippi River creaks under the weight of tens of thousands of cars and trucks every day. Rust shows through its chipped silver paint, exposing the steel … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To the CRT Nontroversy?

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Eric Boehlert at Pressrun.media did some research on the sudden disappearance of CRT coverage in the media and got some interesting results.  The “critical race theory” phenom is a clear-cut example of media malpractice that is quite common but in … Continue reading →

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