Chris Jones fancied himself trolling for walleyes in the backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River near Lansing in his retirement. Instead, the 65-year-old found himself disembarking at Philadelphia for the NetRoots conference on his way to a goal of rais... See more
Rob Sand called on Memorial Day as he drove home from a family weekend at Okoboji to catch up, he said, after having read my column about politicians swimming in money. Halfway through, he says that this is off the record when it’s just us two, right? Wel... See more
Rob Sand has $18 million cash on hand in his run for Iowa governor, but here is the crazy part: He’s a Democrat, and it is only May. Think what the Republicans can do with real money by November. They spent $33 million to cancel Rep. Thomas Massie, a Repu... See more
Republicans yammer on the TV that you wouldn’t want to see Iowa become Minnesota, Illinois or California. You wouldn’t want 10,000 lakes getting in the way of corn or tech bros buying up all the property in Truesdale. Chicago may have the Magnificent Mile... See more
Every morning a new horror hatches such that you forget the day before, or the year before, with its daily minor cataclysms. Trump is on the computer holding a machine gun warning Iran that they are gonna get some if they don’t come around. Diesel is over... See more
