Change of mind After all the letters to editor that have run in Cityview responding to my many letters to the editor over the years, I have had a [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in Your View
Posted March 23, 2016in Your View
Playing the “What if…” game
Civic Skinny painted a powerful “What if” column about Neal and Bea Smith. After being denied equal pay for equal jobs early in their careers, the road they chose eventually [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Your View
Republicans refuse to create jobs
It’s time for a pro-job agenda. In 2011 Rep. Paul Ryan presented a six-page plan to create jobs in which only generalities were presented, while President Obama had presented to [...]
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Posted March 09, 2016in Your View
Shoe pinches on the other foot
Marco Rubio reportedly said that conservatives cannot be hijacked by someone who is not a conservative. That’s really rather rich for a Republican to say considering that the best recent [...]
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Posted March 02, 2016in Your View
Grassley obstructs
Every citizen in the country is fed up with the gridlock in Washington, D.C. That idea is supported by the success of the non-traditional candidates this year. Sen. Charles Grassley [...]
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Posted February 24, 2016in Your View
Grassley betrays his loyalty to the Constitution
Sen. Charles Grassley now claims that President Obama shouldn’t have a hearing on his Supreme Court nominee in the final year of his presidency. Eight years ago, Grassley expressed a [...]
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Posted February 17, 2016in Your View
Business as usual
The Iowa Democratic Caucus ended with a razor-thin margin between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Bernie wins in New Hampshire in a landslide over Hillary. Yet, as of Feb. 11 [...]
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Posted February 10, 2016in Your View
Caucus confusion
Countless volunteer hours were spent locating caucus sites and calling registered voters to find volunteers to work at the Feb. 1 caucus. If you were one of those who worked [...]
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Posted February 03, 2016in Your View
Poetry or prose?
Hillary Clinton repeated a quote in the Saturday night forum at Drake that best describes the choice Iowa voters made. The quote was, “You campaign in poetry and govern in [...]
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Posted January 27, 2016in Your View
Is Burns for Cruz or against him?
Alas, I’ve recycled my old copies of Cityview. Otherwise I could look up a previous Political Mercury wherein I believe Douglas Burns backed Sen. Ted Cruz, based on Rep. Steve [...]
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