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I’ve been extended an invitation by M.E. Sprengelmeyer of Back Roads to the White House to join in a live blogging event tonight with Rep. Tom Tancredo, Sprengelmeyer, Elizabeth Blackney of The Media Lizzy Show and whatever other special guests may show up. I’ll also be doing double-duty as John Deeth live blogs at Iowa [...]

On the heels of a canceled special appearance at Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will meet with supporters of Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback this Friday in West Des Moines. King, a noted anti-abortion activist, has been scheduled to speak at several venues during a tour [...]

Iowa House Speaker Pro Tempore Polly Bukta, D-Clinton, has become the ninth member of the Iowa legislature to endorse Delaware Sen. Joe Biden. With the addition of Bukta, the campaign’s endorsement list includes five members of the Iowa House Leadership. Biden was one of four candidates to attend Bukta’s annual corn boil held in August. [...]

Although it seems Cedar Rapids resident Alice Dahle has been fighting for ratification of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women her entire life, she says her passion for the international rights of women is something into which she has grown. “It’s hard to tell you of one trigger or something that [...]

The City of Iowa City, the University of Iowa and the Johnson County Attorney’s Office will host a public meeting to address the increase in assaults on women in the Iowa City area over the last year. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Englert Theatre, located 221 E. [...]

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will be airing a new ad soon — as soon as supporters tell him which one. Touting his latest ad, “Change Begins With Us,” Romney sent a letter to supporters this morning asking that they visit his site and cast a vote for one of nine finalist ads. “A few [...]

If you hop over to Iowa True Blue today, you’ll see that former Iowa Democratic Party Chairman and longtime Iowa activist Gordon Fischer has now officially endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: When I relaunched this blog six weeks ago, I shared my four goals: (1) to be positive; (2) to address the negative influence of [...]

Here’s your earworm — Hairspray, You’re Timeless To Me: You’re like a fatal disease, babe… but there’s no cure, so let this fever rage. Here’s M.R. Field’s write-up on the Des Moines Public Schools Board meeting, held on Sept. 18. Bleeding Heartland hopped on the restore habeas train. Century of the Common Iowan opines on [...]

Abstinence-only funding through Title V, Section 510 has been on life-support since June. Today it seems that Congress is prepared to unplug the equipment. Officials in the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have confirmed that language regarding the reauthorization of the program — previously attached to the Children’s Health Insurance Program bill by the [...]

Peace, as evidenced by the Cost of War rally in Cedar Rapids today, is proving to be a common interest for people of many varied backgrounds. “The measure of a great nation is not its great wealth nor its great power, but what a nation does with that wealth and power — whether it creates [...]