I don’t flog my postings on politics at the Des Moines Register as much as I probably should considering that it amounts to most of my more substantial political blogging nowadays. But, I’m pretty proud of this one from a pure gonzo/literary standpoint. Now, I wonder if Katie Koberg will take the bait? I...
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Three posts this week: The Big Lies Part II: The Gays Are Coming For Your Families Homosexuality has been with us since we climbed out of the trees. The work of humans who prefer the company of their own gender has contributed to what and where we are today as a civilization and cannot...
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They asked for “from the left,” they got it. No one likes to pay taxes. I am a small business owner. If my tax liabilities were to disappear tomorrow it would be the difference between running a business where we just about break even and making a tidy little profit. But I’m not stupid...
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Latest post at the Des Moines Register: Reality Check Time for the GOP My new test for taking any Republican candidate for any office seriously is very simple: Can (s)he give a speech and elucidate at least three ideas for improving whatever insitutution (s)he is running for without once mentioning cutting taxes, abortion, or...
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New post up at the DMR. Radical Transparency for Political Survival. Want to trim the state budget by a million or three? How many departmental man hours could be saved every year by replacing the work that those departments do in searching, sorting and writing reports against their data if we simply released the...
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