Douglas Burns

Feb 5, 2025 | dmcityview.com | Douglas Burns

Political Mercury 2/5/2025The conversation came rushing back to me sometime between the Carter grandchildren’s heart-tugging memories and Andrew Young’s magisterial closing eulogy during the funeral for President Jimmy Carter. As a 10-year-old boy, I thrilled at the return of my father, Robert Burns, to Carroll from a late 1970s trip to Washington, D.C. — and the White House.

Nov 6, 2024 | dmcityview.com | Douglas Burns

Political Mercury 11/6/2024(Editor’s note: Doug Burns is a producer of this documentary.)The a-ha moment struck like spring lightning on the groovy 1970s couch, just a hop, skip and a few blocks from the Simpson College campus. I could read! What a discovery for this little kid in Indianola, Iowa. I can read! The world opened up and swallowed me in all its wonder and pain.

Sep 10, 2024 | dmcityview.com | Douglas Burns

Political Mercury 9/10/2024Tom and Ruth Harkin leaned forward in their Fleur Cinema seats in Des Moines in the early evening of July 17 as a film chronicling the civil rights journey of people with disabilities rolled across the screen. They knew the activists, people with a range of physical disabilities, some here, some departed for decades.

Sep 4, 2024 | denisonfreepress.com | Douglas Burns

Thirty seven years ago, when I was backstage as an “actor” for the final play I would do with Mr. Knott as director, and the last play he would direct at CHS, he approached me and said he didn’t want any sentimental bull, any tributes to take away from the performance, which happened to be Huxley’s “Brave New World,” the tale of the divide between rich and poor run amok and one full of contemporary lessons.

Jul 31, 2024 | dmcityview.com | Douglas Burns

Political Mercury 7/31/2024The conservative master blueprint Project 2025 will start the next civil war. Just not in the ways you think.