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Culture Wars Heat Up
Posted by Donald King | 07.30.2009 / 10:58 PM PDT
Much of the country may have had a cooler and drier summer than usual, but we cannot say the same about our politics. I’m a bit of a news junkie, so let me review some of the events dominating the headlines to explain what I mean.
In May, the President announced his nomination […]
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Summer comes to Tractor Country
Posted by Donald King | 06.16.2009 / 11:07 PM PDT
Summer has finally arrived to Tractor Country, after a long, damp, and unusually cool spring. But for this heavily agricultural area, that depends on its rich soil and hospitable climate for raising soybeans and corn, this is not all bad. As long as we get lots of sun and heat in the weeks […]
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Looking beyond Election Day
Posted by Donald King | 11.04.2008 / 12:37 AM PST
Almost everyone I know is ready for the phone calls and emails to stop, the negative ads to be ended, and the vote to be tallied. Here in Tractor Country where Republicans dominate and Democrats are always in the minority, there is a growing sense that the GOP may actually lose the White House. It […]
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Faith and frustration in the Heartland
Posted by Donald King | 08.12.2008 / 2:08 PM PDT
The major party conventions are just around the corner and the candidates will soon be announcing their Vice Presidential running mates, so after a rather apolitical summer around here, people are once again beginning to talk politics. This is true throughout the heartland, as I just returned from vacation in Missouri and Arkansas where people […]
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What kind of democracy is this?
Posted by Donald King | 07.08.2008 / 2:15 PM PDT
Despite my failure to blog for some time, it has not been for lack of thought or conversation about electoral politics over the past several months. Let me share some of my thoughts now and plan on sharing less, but more often in the weeks ahead.
The very “red” half of Iowa that I call home takes […]
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Divided Democrats Revisited
Posted by Donald King | 04.22.2008 / 11:30 AM PDT
Finally, after several intense weeks of campaigning and a rather unenlightening debate between Clinton and Obama hosted by an overexposed ABC tag team that seemed more interested in starting a fight than addressing issues, it is primary day in Pennsylvania. It seems like eons ago that we started this political season here in Iowa, and […]
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County Republican Convention
Posted by Nick Lantinga | 03.17.2008 / 4:34 PM PDT
Although our family has been ill with one or other version the flu for the last 10 days, and hence I was not able to join the Republican County Convention, I asked a couple friends about what transpired and Here’s what I heard.
At the convention the current State Senator Dave Mulder gave his last speech […]
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Where Have All The Candidates gone?
Posted by Donald King | 03.17.2008 / 12:00 PM PDT
Almost as suddenly as the 2008 Presidential candidates appeared on our campuses and in our cafes and community centers, they vanished on the day following Iowa’s “first-in-the-nation” January caucuses.
“At last, no more negative ads and nightly phone calls interrupting our dinner,” my neighbor remarked, shaking his head. ”Now it is someone else’s turn and we can get back to normal.”
Despite the fatigue that sets in with the […]
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Tractor Country
Posted by csmonitor.com staff | 02.28.2008 / 10:48 PM PST
Iowa got the political game going, but it is far from over! Don King [no, not that Don King!] and Nick Lantinga will be blogging here soon.
Do you have any questions for them? Topics you hope they will address? Start the ball rolling and let them know how you’d like to begin.
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