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Dec 15, 2024 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Julie Gammack
Iowa and the nation lost a rare public servant last week. And Deba Leach lost her husband, Jim. Former Congressman Jim Leach was a moderate-to-liberal Republican representing Iowa’s eastern congressional district from 1977 until 2007. He served the area that included his boyhood home of Davenport and Iowa City, where he and Deba chose to spend their retirement years after his 30-year career in elected office. Before I knew Jim personally, I admired him for many reasons.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
phoebewallhoward.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Phoebe Wall Howard
No, I’m not a Homeland Security reporter. And this is not a column about terrorismBut I do like the slogan the U.S. government uses —"If You See Something, Say Something” — as part of its national campaign that raises public awareness of the signs of terrorism-related crime, and how to report suspicious activity to law enforcement. I would respectfully submit that the #SeeSay simply means pay attention and speak up.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
siouxcityjournal.com | Julie Gammack
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
siouxcityjournal.com | Julie Gammack
Storytelling workshop lead by Kyle Munson, former Iowa Columnist for The Des Moines Register, during the Okoboji Writers Retreat at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in Milford, Iowa. Organizer Julie Gammack said the event features writers from a variety of disciplines including music and television.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
siouxcityjournal.com | Julie Gammack
A panel on storytelling during the Okoboji Writers' Retreat at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in Milford, Iowa. Organizer Julie Gammack said the variety of panels, workshops and other events can help writers of all levels learn practices and approaches they'd never even considered before.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
siouxcityjournal.com | Julie Gammack
Okoboji Writers' Retreat panelists Nicole Baart, Scott Garson and Grant Faulkner take part in an panel on querying an agent. Organizer Julie Gammack said the event's workshops on the various stages of pitching can be tough but provide great feedback.
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May 7, 2024 | 
portside.org | Adam Haber |Matylda Figlerowicz |Julie Gammack |Adam Federman
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 7, 2024 Published May 7, 2024 Anatomy of a Moral Panic Kristy Noem – Puppy Killer Protest and Speech Rights Protest and the Election Abortion Rights Push in Missouri Venice Biennial Anti-Anti-Zionism Bill Passes, Despite Opposition Koch Takes Higher Ed War to Arizona Organizing Against Displacement in the South The Drake/Kendrick Lamar Feud Anatomy of a Moral Panic By Adam Haber and Matylda Figlerowicz Jewish Currents In the case of the “new...
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | Julie Gammack
Julie Gammack is a former Des Moines Register columnist and business coach who lives in Des Moines with her husband, Richard Gilbert. Norman Lear was a guest in our family home on more than one occasion when he and his crew were filming "Cold Turkey." It was 1970, and the film location was set in Greenfield. My dad was a columnist for The Des Moines Tribune and wrote about Lear, Dick Van Dyke and others involved in the production.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
desmoinesregister.com | Julie Gammack
Julie GammackSpecial to the RegisterJulie Gammack is a former Des Moines Register columnist and business coach who lives in Des Moines with her husband, Richard Gilbert. Norman Lear was a guest in our family home on more than one occasion when he and his crew were filming "Cold Turkey." It was 1970, and the film location was set in Greenfield. My dad was a columnist for The Des Moines Tribune and wrote about Lear, Dick Van Dyke and others involved in the production.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
iowacapitaldispatch.com | Julie Gammack
by Julie Gammack, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 16, 2023 Stroking the pumpkin pie-colored coat of a 12-week-old puppy as news from Israel and Gaza is on in the background, the split screen of humanity stood in stark contrast. As someone who writes commentary, I thought I had nothing to add to the discussion of the horrors taking place there. Why would any observation I make matter one whit?
