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Madness of March gives an Iowan wanderlust
As you read this I should be sitting on the beach interviewing Southern California surfers. I’ve only seen them in the Beach Party movies. I will try to…
Art Cullen
Mar 31
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Policing where we pee
It’s 6 a.m. I’ve had a strong cup of black coffee, two pieces of toast and a cigarette. There’s the pit-pat of feet and a knock-knock on the bathroom…
Art Cullen
Mar 23
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DeSanctimonious v. DeLoser
The two big bulls in the Iowa Caucus Republican presidential rodeo, former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, are kicking up enough…
Art Cullen
Mar 18
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Politicians want to snuff the light of information and cast you in darkness
Cancel newspapers, cancel democracy
Art Cullen
Mar 13
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We used to be No. 1 in schools. Now, at least we’re No. 2 in cancer.
Experts are perplexed that Iowa ranks second in the nation for cancer rates, behind Kentucky. Ours is the only state that showed an increase last year…
Art Cullen
Mar 9
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Pipelines pressure GOP legislators fraught with internal contradictions
Rural pressure against pipelines pumping liquefied CO2 by lever of eminent domain threatens to rupture Republicans controlling the statehouse. Several…
Art Cullen
Mar 2
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February 2023
The last waltz
Greg Brown, left, with Byron Stuart at the legendary Byron’s Bar in Pomeroy, Iowa, after a show. Iowa’s leading muse, Greg Brown, put on his last big…
Art Cullen
Feb 23
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The Iowa Way is really a big corporate con using Jesus as a prop
We are led to believe that the gay bashing and book banning are some sort of unique Iowa grassroots thing, a moms’ uprising in defense of decency for…
Art Cullen
Feb 16
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Lake the loser comes home to Iowa testing her prospects
Iowa’s second most-famous expatriate loser, Kari Lake, has a scheduled homecoming when she meets Friday with the Scott County Republican Women. One…
Art Cullen
Feb 9
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Rural diner menu choices are limited
The liberal elite Out East are waking up to the fact that their brand suffers from chronic disaffection among rural voters, and they are starting to…
Art Cullen
Feb 3
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January 2023
Republicans are determined to test their limits
Republicans are bearing full steam ahead on their platform to shift Iowa hard to the right, and in doing so might give Democrats the opening they sorely…
Art Cullen
Jan 25
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I think I know what My Old Man would have said
The Iowa Senate moved swiftly in its first week to advance a bill granting vouchers to families of private school students worth nearly $8,000 per head…
Art Cullen
Jan 19
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