Friday, July 30

You @#%$@#^& Nutbag: Our Freedom to Criticize

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I'm not sure this is news, but Americans love their freedom of speech--mostly as it applies to criticizing others. Whether the criticism...
Monday, July 26

What's the Alternative?

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Al Franken said it best when addressing the Netroots Nation, " I know progressives are frustrated...because it feels at times not every...
Sunday, July 25

Shirley Sherrod and Us

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Shirley Sherrod, the USDA employee who was summarily fired last week, as it turns out, is everything that America should embrace. She has ov...
Wednesday, June 30

What We Can Learn From Radicals

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Radicalism isn't a right or left thing, it's both. Folks who want to drown government in a bath tub exist on both sides of the polit...
Saturday, June 26

A Civil Discussion: Why Is It Not Okay to Stray from the Party Line?

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I appreciate those people who put in time and effort to help candidates to be elected for their parties. It is a noble calling. However, it ...
Monday, June 21

The DISCLOSE Act: A Bill That Is False Advertising

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After reading the Washington Post's article about the so-called campaign finance bill, I was equally appalled by the fact that it would...

PRIDE: In the Name of Protest

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This is the fifth year or so that I've marched with my fellow Unitarian Universalist church members in in the Iowa City Pride Festival. ...
Wednesday, June 9

Post-Primary Mini-Dissection

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It was a great day to be a local incumbent in Johnson County as all of them made it through the primary either unopposed or winning by large...
Tuesday, June 8

Primary Day: How I'm Voting

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Primaries for me are difficult to generate excitement over, but this one is interesting on a couple of fronts. Locally. Janelle Rettig's...
Monday, May 31

More Law or More Ingenuity?

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The Iowa City city council is considering a more restrictive aggressive solicitation ordinance that would keep panhandlers and street musici...

Protest Press Conference Scheduled Tuesday

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PRESS CONFERENCE: FREE SPEECH ON THE PED MALL Iowa City, IA – On June 1, 2010, Iowa City Council will be considering a third reading to red...
Wednesday, May 26

What Do You Think?

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I have posted many articles about the Iowa City Council and the Ped Mall, but what do people really think about Iowa City's Downtown? Ta...

Council's Stance Far from Middle of the Road

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As the Iowa City Council gathers to decide whether to make an aggressive panhandling ordinance more rigid, a couple of different thoughts ha...
Thursday, May 20

Who'd a Thunk It? Financial Security from Health Carer Reform

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The following information comes from Bill Hawthorne, Public Outreach Assistant at the Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center. If you kn...
Wednesday, May 19

Transcript from 5/10 Panhandling Discussion

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Below is the transcription from the 5/10 Iowa City Council meeting which included a second consideration of an " aggressive solicitatio...
Wednesday, May 12

Manhandlers or Panhandlers?

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As the Iowa City Council will have one more vote on the extended panhandling ordinance tentatively on June 1st. Fair-minded people should as...
Tuesday, May 11

Editorial: Iowa City Peddling Business in the Ped Mall

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I attended last night's City Council meeting and it brought out a new understanding of how Iowa City's "diverse" downtown...
Monday, May 10

A Dickens of a City Council Meeting in Iowa City Tonight

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The issue of what to do about panhandling and other annoyances on the Ped Mall in Iowa City will likely to come to a head tonight with a gro...
Sunday, April 25

Who Is the Party of the MOTR?

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It appears from the conversations and so on that I've had with people who attended the Democratic and Republican Party district conventi...
Friday, April 16

Corporate Capitalism Is Against the Greater Good

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Everyone should know by now that Barack Obama is not a Socialist, not even close--c'mon look at the definition of the word. Socialism: A...