Jerry R. Foxhoven

Dec 27, 2023 | bleedingheartland.com | Karen Spurgeon |Kurt Meyer |Laura Belin |Jerry R. Foxhoven

Gail Wortmann works with a student as she works on a Rube Goldberg machine (a complicated gadget that performs a simple task) in physical science class. Photo published with permission from the Bloomfield Democrat. Karen Spurgeon is publisher of the Bloomfield Democrat, a Davis County newspaper where this article first appeared.

Dec 26, 2023 | bleedingheartland.com | Kurt Meyer |Laura Belin |Jerry R. Foxhoven |Nancy Dugan

Kurt Meyer writes a weekly column for the Nora Springs – Rockford Register and the Substack newsletter Showing Up, where this essay first appeared. He serves as chair of the executive committee (the equivalent of board chair) of Americans for Democratic Action, America’s most experienced liberal organization. Local news coverage is going through significant birth pangs.

Dec 24, 2023 | bleedingheartland.com | Jerry R. Foxhoven |Nancy Dugan |Steve Corbin |Randy Richardson

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer concept is by Adam Yee, available via ShutterstockJerry Foxhoven is an attorney, child advocate, former law professor, and former director of the Iowa Department of Human Services. It’s time I admit it publicly: I’m “woke.” One of my favorite contemporary writers is pastor and author John Pavlovitz. He reminds us often that “Jesus was woke.” He observes that Republicans/Evangelicals like to refer to the Bible a lot but rarely bring up Jesus.

Dec 24, 2023 | bleedingheartland.com | Jerry R. Foxhoven |Laura Belin

Stop complaining about “unelected” judges Jerry Foxhoven: Our judges are “unelected” for a reason: to get politics out of the protection of fundamental rights. -promoted by Laura BelinAs a lawyer, I am getting tired of hearing Iowa’s Republican legislators complain about Iowa’s “unelected” judges.