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While Waiting for Iowa Jobs to Trickle Down

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Paul Deaton

While Waiting for Iowa Jobs to Trickle Down by Paul Deaton Iowa Republicans have a plan to create jobs and a generation ago, it would have been called a “trickle down economy.” Today, they call it “Iowa is Open for … Continue reading →

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Relationships and Bad Math go Nuclear

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Paul Deaton

It is hard to get over the way MidAmerican Energy President Bill Fehrman fumbled to provide the cost of a new nuclear reactor in Iowa to members of the Iowa Senate Commerce Subcommittee on March 17. Here was a man, … Continue reading →

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Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap by Paul Deaton [Editors' Note: Following is a weekly recap of stories from Des Moines that came through the Weekend Editor's in-box in the twelfth week … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Paul Deaton

An Open Letter to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad by Paul Deaton[Editor's Note:Sometimes progressives feel like they are tilting at windmills, and some of us are old enough to associate that metaphor with Miguel Cervantes. If we seem quixotic from time … Continue reading →

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Iowa Legislators Obfuscate the Risks of Nuclear Power

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Whether we admit it or not, nuclear reactors have had things go wrong with them consistently over the years. We know the names of the biggest failures, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and now Fukushima. There are others where the reactor … Continue reading →

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Iowa's Redistricting-itis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Paul Deaton

Iowa's Redistricting-itis by Paul DeatonReady or not, the political redistricting process begins anew with the release of the first Iowa maps by the Temporary Redistricting Advisory Commission this morning. By 10:00 AM there were already 83 articles on the topic … Continue reading →

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WE ARE ONE RALLY IN DES MOINES April 4, 2011

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Trish Nelson

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Sarah Palin And The Seven Dwarfs

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Sarah Palin And The Seven Dwarfs by Donald Kaul There are those–I won't name them, they know who they are–who have taken to calling the slate of Republican presidential hopefuls “Sarah Palin and the Seven Dwarfs.” That's unfair. There are … Continue reading →

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Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit. Repeat. by Rod SullivanI am tired of the hatchet job that is taking place on the Social Security program. Social Security has never added ONE CENT to the federal deficit. It is completely … Continue reading →

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The “Muscatine Crud”

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Trish Nelson

The “Muscatine Crud” Muscatine Crud: an unclassifiable, upper-respiratory sickness nicknamed after the Iowa river town. “Muscatine is a hotspot for air pollution-related illnesses relative to the rest of Iowa,” said Dr. Maureen McCue, a physician from a neighboring county and … Continue reading →

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