Category Archives: Education

EVs And Jobs

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Dave Bradley

This video is a year old but still very timely (13:15): Every day as we eat breakfast we listen to our local NPR station. Every half hour there is a short summary of Iowa news. Pretty much every day in … Continue reading →

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School Starts Next Week, But It Will Be Different

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Dave Bradley

This video is a bit dated, but still relevant: (6:38) Kim Reynolds is wasting a good chunk of your money sending Iowa troops to the Texas-Mexico border to support Greg Abbott’s murderous razor wire in the Rio Grande. After the … Continue reading →

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Let’s Remember Democratic Policies

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Dave Bradley

I am so tired of reading and writing about Trump and his MAGA world. I am so sick of turning on the TV only to see the latest rumor being treated as ‘serious news’ such as the recent distraction using … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Opts To Return To Bad Old Days

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Dave Bradley

Thursday was another opinion day for the Supreme Court. Many of us were hopeful following the rejection of the crazy “Independent Legislature” theory was finally and forcefully rejected that maybe, just maybe SCOTUS would surprise us once again and possibly … Continue reading →

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A Rant From Twitter:

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dave Bradley

(5:38) Why Youth Will Not Vote For Republicans: Andrew Wortman lets loose in a rant on why youth in America will no longer vote for Republicans. We are just beginning to see this rebellion taking place. Young voters have long … Continue reading →

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Changing Iowa And Its Public Schools

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Paul Deaton

Iowa Democrats took a shellacking during the 2010 general election for U.S. Senate. We ran Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin against incumbent Chuck Grassley in a historic campaign. Grassley won 718,215 votes to Conlin’s 371,686. In an email to supporters … Continue reading →

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Good News: Breakthroughs Of The Year

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Dave Bradley

When it seems as if humanity couldn’t be doing more to lead ourselves to a mass extinction, along comes an article that reminds us that human ingenuity is doing some incredible things to keep our species alive and kicking, Atlantic … Continue reading →

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New Labor Report Not Kind To Iowa

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Dave Bradley

The rise and fall of the middle class in the US has almost exactly tracked with the rise and subsequent gutting of labor unions in the US. Although this chart is a few years old, the trend has not changed … Continue reading →

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DeJear: A Governor Who Will Lead on Education

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Many Iowans may have been pleasantly surprised Thursday morning to hear stories about Deidre DeJear’s plans to start Iowa on a trek back to the top of the educational heap in America. Education used to be one of Iowa’s bragging … Continue reading →

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Issues 

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Dave Bradley

As we look at the upcoming election we ate that there are vast differences between the current two major parties on issues. Actually it should be noted that there is only one party in America today that is running on … Continue reading →

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