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Category Archives: General
The Final Word
Decades ago, my mother’s good friend and neighbor Ruth begged her to attend a caucus meeting in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Something was happening to the Republican Party and Ruth was worried. There was a strong, well-organized religious movement that infiltrated … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, Iowa Caucuses, Republican Party, Ron Paul
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Grandma’s Garden
Ruth Huston gave me some of the best advice I could ever use. Ruth was a dietitian. Discussing some of the fad diets of the early 2000s, she said with a harsh voice that “the only way to lose weight … Continue reading
Creating news
The national media received what it had requested, and now it wants to blame the Iowa Democratic Party for not having the media’s information quick enough. For years, national and local media have yearned for raw numbers from the Iowa … Continue reading
Bringin’ home the bacon
When I wrote about the possible dangers of having 40% fewer meat inspectors in pork slaughterhouses, I didn’t mean to cause such alarm among readers. Just be sure to say grace before meals and everything should be okay. As I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacon, Dean Bowden, Farmland Foods, Oscar Mayer, Target, Trump Administration
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Back to the Jungle II
In the last issue of the Prairie Progressive, Back to the jungle (Fall – 2019 p.4), and in a previous Fawkes-Lee & Ryan post, Back to the Jungle, I wrote about the effect of increased line speeds on slaughterhouse workers. … Continue reading
Wayne Ford invites you
MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENT LEGISLATION 101 ROUNDTABLE Friday, January 10, 2020 In 2008 Iowa became the first state in America to pass the Minority Impact Statement Legislation. The internationally known Sentencing Project based in Washington, DC had concluded in their research … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown & Black Forums, Minority impact statements, The Sentencing Project, Wayne Ford
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