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Category Archives: progressive values
A Progressive Summer Reading Program
At a time when conservative political activists tell us what we can and can’t read and learn in public spaces, summer reading programs at public libraries continue to thrive. In the City of Solon, population 3,018, 261 kids attended the … Continue reading
Posted in progressive values
Tagged #amreading, books, reading list, summer reading
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An Epistemological Crisis
It’s no secret there is an epistemological crisis undermining the authority of knowledge. It may be the most significant problem to grow out of the Reagan administration. That the discussion of creationism versus evolution returned during the 1980s was only … Continue reading
Posted in Media Reform, Progressive Community, progressive values
Tagged al gore, Joe Biden President, media reform, politics, thom hartmann, Tom Nichols
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Denial, The Coronavirus Is Your Friend
When the U.S. Congress passed the CARES Act there was an unspoken assumption the coronavirus pandemic would be of short duration and gone by now. Based on this, the Republican president and Republican Iowa governor pushed to “reopen the economy.” … Continue reading
Posted in Fiscal Crisis, Progressive Community, progressive values
Tagged CARES Act, Coronavirus, Covid-19, COVID-19 stimulus, economic depression
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Being Racist
We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and consider whether we are racist. It’s not easy to do in the best of circumstances. Dictionaries consistently define a racist as someone who has a notion that one’s own ethnic … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Community, progressive values
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter, racism, Racism in America
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Iowa Summer Pandemic Politics
Independence Day is over! Time to get rolling on the fall campaign to elect Democrats! Not so fast… The 2020 general election cycle has been like no other. Iowa didn’t stand a chance of influencing the national debate after the … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, politics, Progressive Community, progressive values
Tagged 2020 election campaign, Iowa politics, politics
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Patriotism And Politics In The United States
Patriotism and Politics in the United States A Guest Post by Ralph Scharnau As we celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, it seems appropriate to reflect on the founding of the American Republic. The patriots of the Revolutionary War era … Continue reading
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Tagged guest post, Patriotism, Progressive Community, progressive values, Ralph Scharnau
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Thomas Jefferson to Ho Chi Minh
Thomas Jefferson to Ho Chi Minh: The Long Road of the Declaration of Independence A Guest Post by Gary Sanders Hostilities between England and the American colonies had been brewing for years, but boiled over in the skirmish between English … Continue reading
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Tagged Declaration of Independence, Gary Sanders, guest post, Ho Chi Minh, Progressive Community, Thomas Jefferson
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Why Should Progressives Consider Eddie Mauro For U.S. Senate?
When Eddie Mauro is campaigning around Iowa he considers the communities in which he finds himself. “Every time I drive into a community I look at places where I say we help insure that,” Mauro said. “We help insure that … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, progressive values
Tagged #iasen, Eddie Mauro, Eddie Mauro for Senate, Iowa politics, Iowa Senate, joni ernst
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Jimmy Carter And Prejudice Against Women
On Jan. 19, 1976, the day of the Iowa precinct caucuses that started Jimmy Carter on a path from relative obscurity to becoming the Democratic nominee for president, I was in U.S. Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Jimmy Carter, religion, women's rights
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Data Points To Corporate Influence
Is the Ohio federal court’s recent release of Drug Enforcement Agency data about manufacture and distribution of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills significant? Maybe. I found last week’s Washington Post presentation of scrubbed data engaging for the ten minutes or so … Continue reading
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Tagged big pharma, corporate America, opioids
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