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Tag Archives: progressive values
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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Can Democrats Change The ‘Roberts Five’ Majority?
If Democrats hope to undo the conservative lean of the United States Supreme Court it won’t be as simple as Republicans had it in 2016. Many said the 2016 general election was as much about the Supreme Court as it … Continue reading
Posted in SCOTUS
Tagged progressive values, Scotus
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Independence Day 2019
Happy Independence Day… reluctantly. I’ve not been a fan of the Independence Day holiday since military service. It’s not that I paid much attention to it previously. As a military officer I had time to reflect on the meaning of … Continue reading
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Summer Reading 2019
For the next five weeks I’ll be covering weekdays for our editor Trish Nelson who is on summer break. This is my seventh year to provide summer posts, and more than ten years since I began posting at Blog for … Continue reading
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Tagged #amreading, progressive values, summer reading
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Late Summer Reading – 2018 Version
If you’re like me, most of what we read is on line articles. I also read full length books and have a goal on Goodreads to finish 16 this year. Among the ones I’ve finished and recommend are: Confessions of … Continue reading
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Tagged #amreading, progressive values, summer reading
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Can Hipsters Live With Congolese Cobalt?
The lithium ion battery is becoming ubiquitous. These rechargeable, portable batteries power our mobile phones, tablets, laptops and cars, providing longer battery life, low self-discharge, better recharge life and comparatively low weight. Many of us take these benefits for granted, … Continue reading
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Tagged cobalt, Dodd-Frank, Progressive Community, progressive values, Social Justice, social responsibility
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Organic Food & The Farmer's Face
Is the local food movement here to stay? Intellectually, how could it not be? The future must necessarily be one of producing food much closer to where people live, especially as transportation costs escalate, and current food sources in the … Continue reading
Slaves Produce Seafood For U.S. Market
While Iowans engaged in the NCAA Basketball Tournament another story was being written by Associated Press reporters Robin McDowell, Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza about food not far from televisions tuned into the games. Following a year-long investigation, AP broke … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, Progressive Community, progressive values, Sustainability
Tagged Consumerism, March Madness, NCAA Basketball, progressive values, Slavery
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Democrats Must Campaign On Progressive Values
http://ladylibertine.net/ Taking control of the Senate and increasing their majority in the House, Republicans swept the election, largely by tying Democrats to negative messaging around President Obama. Accepting the GOP message framework, Senate Democratic candidates like Alison Lundergan-Grimes, Mark Pryor, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, 2016 Election Campaign, progressive values
Tagged 2016 Election Campaign, congressional progressive caucus, Democrats 2016, Mark Pocan, progressive values
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Step Forward
Having bit my tongue for several years about the state of our electorate, 2015 will be a time of writing about our politics and society in a process of working through ideas, to determine a path by which progressive ideas … Continue reading
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