HeyJaredArt Cullen’s Notebook
A view from rural America: immigration, agriculture, environment, politics
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A month out, Iowa poised for a political turn (opens the original)
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Iowa is setting up for a course correction one month out from the November midterm elections.The Republicans’ 10-year grip over the state’s politics is slipping. Iowa is aiming to elect a Democratic governor and senator, and probably split our congressional delegation.Art Cullen’s Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="
Iowa is not about to go woke (opens the original)
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If you think that pinko Rob Sand will make a hash of Iowa, rest easy buckaroo.We’re tops in cancer and rooting around the bottom in economic performance. So things are not that great after 10 years of one-party government in Des Moines. Schools are sliding and the paint is peeling near the railroad tracks. What a pity.Art Cullen’s Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscrib
Trump’s wars help clarify matters (opens the original)
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President Trump’s trade wars and shooting wars help provide clarity. Oil is killing us. It keeps us stuck in a permanent war in the Middle East. The trade war with China ruined soy export markets upon which Iowa producers had become dependent. We found that when our beans got too expensive the Chinese were ready to plow up the Brazilian rain forest.Climate change will consume us sooner or later unless we cut back on burning fossil fuels. That is no hoax. We have been in a low-grade war around th
That woodpecker could bring down the house, if you can hear it (opens the original)
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It’s so noisy out a fella can scarcely hear himself think.You may seek refuge in the back yard listening for the songbird, but the hedge trimmer has a job to do. The dog barks at the hedge trimmer. The neighbor starts his muscle car. Flee to the middle of Little Lake and the hum of engines and industry trails you into the cattails.Art Cullen’s Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or
Lahn’s bad week (opens the original)
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