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If It’s About Workforce

Jan 7, 2025 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

In the spiritual struggle against the sin of liberalism the Republican majority’s sights turned to the regent institutions. This session, a new legislative committee will deal specifically with higher education policy. Leading the effort is Republican Rep. Taylor Collins from Mediapolis. He said to expect “significant reforms to Iowa’s higher education system,” according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
View Toward Tomorrow

Nov 25, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

We all have access to the news, so I need not recap what happened during the Nov. 5 election. Suffice it the front face for the Heritage Foundation, which is the front face for right-wing billionaires like Charles Koch and his club, was elected president. The Republican win was so deep it was and will be disabling for a while. It’s time to begin getting over the loss and move forward. In a Nov.
Surviving an abusive mother-daughter relationship

Nov 20, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Paul Deaton

Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling Calon, pp.240, 18.99 In The Brothers Karamazov Dostoevsky writes: ‘It would be strange in times like ours to expect to find clarity in anyone.’ Given where the times have got to in the intervening 140 years, one would suspect that clarity would be even further from us. The clarity we seek is generally externalised, about the world and its workings; that which is most hidden is about our personal histories and our families’ intergenerational legacies.
Surviving an abusive mother-daughter relationship

Nov 19, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Paul Deaton

In The Brothers Karamazov Dostoevsky writes: ‘It would be strange in times like ours to expect to find clarity in anyone.’ Given where the times have got to in the intervening 140 years, one would suspect that clarity would be even further from us. The clarity we seek is generally externalised, about the world and its workings; that which is most hidden is about our personal histories and our families’ intergenerational legacies.
Armistice Day 2024

Nov 11, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

Remarks as prepared for the Armistice Day observance in Iowa City on Nov. 11, 2024. Thank you for joining us during this observance of Armistice Day. My name is Paul Deaton. I was a founding member of the Iowa Chapters of Veterans for Peace. When we organized the chapter, we had veterans from every armed conflict going back to World War II. Some of our members have died, and I ask for a moment of silence in their honor. I intend to keep my remarks brief.
Senior Network: Activated!

Oct 11, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

My cohort of septuagenarian and octogenarian political activist friends organized an event before the primary. (Some nonagenarians are still around, yet are taking a well-deserved break. Their work beginning with the Adlai Stevenson campaign is appreciated, they earned their spurs). We held a “meet the candidates” event for local voters, something not often done these days. All five primary candidates for county supervisor showed up to speak briefly and to shake hands and chat for a couple of hours.
Ed Chabal For Education

Oct 10, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

With all the education talk before the Nov. 5 election, Ed Chabal should be a shoo-in to be elected to the Iowa state senate in District 46 (located in Iowa, Washington, and parts of Johnson counties). He served as director of business and finance for the Mount Pleasant Community School District from 1997 until this summer. He knows school finance inside and out, and education is the largest part of the state’s annual budget.
Book Review: The Hidden History Of The American Dream

Oct 7, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

I understand what Thom Hartmann wrote his new book, The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class — And How to Rescue Our Future. However, the book is less likely written for a boomer like me than for millennials and younger people who did not live through the Reagan Revolution.
Interview With House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst

Sep 11, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

In advance of her Sept. 13 trip to Johnson County, Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst spent time with Blog for Iowa talking Iowa politics. The interview covered the prospects for Democrats to gain House seats in November, impacts of the new private school voucher program, converting support for access to abortion into votes, water and air quality in Iowa, transparency about the recent school shooting in Perry, and other topics.
Anna Banowsky DNC Delegate, HD92 Candidate

Aug 19, 2024 | blogforiowa.com | Paul Deaton

Editor’s Note: Following are excerpts from a press release from the Anna Banowsky campaign. If you don’t know of Banowsky, she made a big splash by moving to conservative Washington County, Iowa and getting involved in Democratic politics. This week she is attending the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, while at the same time running for state representative in House District 92. At 26 years, she is one of the youngest Iowa delegates to the DNC.