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Posted May 21, 2014in Political Mercury

Really, do you think of me as a ‘Holocaust’ survivor?

I’m a bastard. Not in the way you’re probably thinking right now, which is open to interpretation. But in a first-reference manner as defined by Webster’s — “an illegitimate child” [...]

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Posted April 30, 2014in Political Mercury

Clovis: Criminalizing abortion ‘a bridge too far’

“I believe life begins at conception and life should be protected from conception to natural, dignified death. There should be no exceptions for protecting life. However, the judicial system of [...]

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Posted April 23, 2014in Political Mercury

Dangerous ISU math: 5 strikes, Veishea not out?

Let’s get this straight. Former Iowa State University basketball coach Larry Eustachy admitted to being an alcoholic — not after a drunk-driving accident or hurting anyone, but following the release [...]

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Posted April 16, 2014in Political Mercury

Clovis: Obama’s race shields him from impeachment

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Clovis, a firebrand northwest Iowa conservative, says he believes many congressional Republicans want to impeach President Obama. The only thing standing in their way, Clovis [...]

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Posted April 09, 2014in Political Mercury

Republican challenger for governor says he’s the true conservative

Tom Hoefling wears the underdog label with pride. The Lohrville Republican, a long-time conservative activist, is on the ballot in the GOP gubernatorial primary, the lone challenger there to Gov. [...]

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Posted April 02, 2014in Political Mercury

Braley and his Brooklyns

The West Tennessean walked tall. And he spoke in a manner one would expect from the curator of so many things associated with the famous 1973 movie based on tall-walking [...]

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Posted March 26, 2014in Political Mercury

Cars for Casseroles plan

One of the Iowa conservative movement’s more skilled tacticians is expected to roll out a controversial new legislative initiative that would bar women from driving motor vehicles in the State [...]

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Posted March 19, 2014in Political Mercury

Governor names Greene County lead Home Base Iowa community

Gov. Terry Branstad’s designation of Greene County as the state’s first Home Base Iowa community distinguishes the west-central county as one of the most supportive locations for returning military veterans [...]

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Posted March 12, 2014in Political Mercury

Can Tea Party Teacuppers handle the truth?

There’s this terrifically descriptive term college administrators use these days. Helicopter parenting (hovering protectively over one’s kids) is creating a new breed of college freshmen university deans call “Teacups” — [...]

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Posted March 05, 2014in Political Mercury

Free fries or a ‘not-gay’ punching pass?

Many gay-obsessed conservatives are no doubt a lot like Iowa Senator Mark Segebart of Vail. They’ve done their “research” about what turns the eyes of otherwise red-blooded Hawkeye State men [...]

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