POPULAR PROGRESSIVE - REDUX

What do you get when you mix
a Populist with a Progressive?

POPULAR PROGRESSIVE - REDUX

What do you get when you mix
a Populist with a Progressive?

Tuesday, October 30

Turning or Tuning Out the Vote

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At the risk of being sanctimonious, if you aren't planning to vote during the midterms, what is wrong with you? Literally thousands of ...
Monday, October 29

Dangerous Politics

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The toll of politics is on my mind today. County Supervisor Kurt Friese, one of the biggest hearted people I have known passed away on Frid...
Thursday, October 25

What Is at Stake in the Midterms

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With November 6th rapidly approaching, it is a good time to walk away from the noise and conflation and media spin and talk about what is g...
Monday, October 15

The Problem with Populism or Why the Mob Always Rules

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“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” ― Thom...
Sunday, October 7

The Blame Stops Here

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A friend posted on Facebook that the "Bernie or Bust" people are responsible for Brett Kavanaugh being in the Supreme Court. Othe...
Thursday, September 20

The Case for the "Protest" Vote

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Many people choose to sit out elections. They don't like the choices, they don't know the issues, therefore, they don't take th...
Wednesday, September 19

Parallels: Mollie, Sadie, Celia, and Christine

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In Iowa, three women have tragically lost their lives to men who assaulted them. Mollie Tibbitts and Celia Barquin Arosamena were alledgedl...
Tuesday, September 11

Another 9/11

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As I write this, it is about the same time that the first reports came out of New York on September 11, 2001 that the first of two planes...
Wednesday, September 5

Iowa City Special Election: The Morning After

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I have been involved on various levels with politics for much of my adult life and I have to say, the aftermath of yesterday's special ...
Friday, August 31

5 Reasons Why Iowa City Council Special Election Primary Is Just That (and You Should Vote) - Part 2

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In the last installment, I provided background information on all of the candidates. In this posting, I want to provide some analysis and a...
Thursday, August 30

5 Reasons Why Iowa City Council Special Election Primary Is Just That (and You Should Vote)

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On Tuesday, September 4th, voters in Iowa City will be making a difficult choice about which two of five candidates that they will send for...
Thursday, August 23

Resurgency of Urgency in Progressive Politics

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With the election of Barrack Obama in 2008, Democrats and other progressives were self-satisfied that the times they were a changin'. M...
Wednesday, August 22

Politicizing Tragedy:How Cristhian Rivera Became Willie Horton Overnight

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Personal Note: The death of Mollie Tibbetts is without question tragic. She was a student at the institution in which I work. As a communit...
Tuesday, August 21

A Personal Note to the Iowa Democratic Party

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Dear Iowa Democratic Party Candidates, How are you? You may or may not have noticed that the Republicans in our state are making a solid ca...
Friday, July 27

The Privilege to Vote: Why Democracy Is in Trouble

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Philosophically and legally, all law abiding citizens have the right to vote.In practice though, it is a privilege to be a voter. The right...
Monday, July 23

Potentially More Devastating than Citizen's United

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The House last week just approved a bill that any progressive or supporter of separation of church and state should be contacting your Sena...
Thursday, July 19

Turning Polarity in Progress: How Progressives Can Win

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Having a divide along political lines is far from a new phenomenon. What we must never forget is that issues can unite us where politics di...
Wednesday, July 18

Trump Trumps Trump

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Unless you were in a coma or other catatonic state, you are aware that our President threw his national intelligence agencies under the bus...
Tuesday, July 10

Trump Nominates Originalist Judge

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For years conservatives have framed progressive or liberal judges as "activist judges" and suggesting that they use their politi...
Monday, July 9

Trump Putting Hardworking Americans He Hired Out of Work

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No one said being POTUS would be easy, but by his 365th day as president, 34% of Donald Trump’s "A" Team staff quit, changed ro...
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