Category Archives: Food Insecurity

Food Banks Need Our Help In Iowa

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Dave Bradley

PBS story on food banks in the US (7:10) As we posted last week, the Johnson County CommUnity sent out an emergency letter stating that reserves were low and requesting donations. You can be certain that if the Iowa City … Continue reading →

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This Is Iowa? This Is So Sad

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Dave Bradley

This story popped up Thursday. So sad that folks who work a full time job in Iowa have to turn for aid. Credit this to 12 continuous years of republican leadership in Iowa under Branstadt and Reynolds that have suppressed … Continue reading →

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Tim Gannon For Agriculture – An Easy Decision

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Paul Deaton

Supporting Tim Gannon for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture is an easy decision. Iowa Democrats want and need a secretary of agriculture that understands the current farm economy and is willing and capable of moving the state toward sustainability in agriculture. … Continue reading →

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People Might Expect Education And Health Care For Their Children?

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Dave Bradley

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry or both: (17 minutes) Let me think. One of the purposes of rebelling against Britain was so that we could band together and decide to do things for the common good.  Giving … Continue reading →

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Monsanto: Harvest Of Power

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Listening to American Public Radio’s Marketplace is kind of an accidental habit with me. It is on at 6:30PM locally which is a time I seem to usually choose as a wash up time. Since that is an area of … Continue reading →

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Charlottesville: The Outward Manifestations Of Race In America

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Dave Bradley

I will try to make this to the point. What happened in Charlottesville was the pot that had been boiling beneath the surface finally bubbling over so that we can really see that there is a problem. Will America be … Continue reading →

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Why we must listen to Pope Francis‏

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Dave Bradley

The following is an email sent from the Bernie Sanders campaign: “If politics must truly be at the service of the human person, it follows that it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance. Politics is, instead, an … Continue reading →

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To Our Grandchild

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dave Bradley

We want to get our apology in now. We won’t be around a lot longer and it looks like the one thing we had hoped to give you when you reached adulthood was a world that was at least trying … Continue reading →

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Humiliating The Poor

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dave Bradley

This is now something we do in America. No more following the teachings of most religions and ethics. Poor people are to be treated as a pariah in America these days. Reasoning in America today says poor people are responsible … Continue reading →

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A Good Thanksgiving For The 1%

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Dave Bradley

We look forward to the Thanksgiving holiday with a true frustration. Television news will focus on such important news stories as who will be open all day Thanksgiving so we can get that holiday shopping started early or the folks … Continue reading →

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