Dennis Maulsby is president of the Iowa Poetry Association and a member of Third Stanza, a poetry society in Ames that meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the public library. In an email, he writes, “Many of my poems are about war a... »
More than 50 religious leaders in Iowa have signed an appeal for "responsible precautionary action to limit global climate change." I've posted below the full statement below with all the signatories, including Catholic Bishops Martin Amos and Richard ... »
Competing rallies about lean finely textured beef took place on the Iowa State University campus yesterday. Governor Terry Branstad, Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds, and Representative Steve King were among the speakers at a rally supporting continued... »
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign accuses Republican front-runner Mitt Romney of standing with Big Oil in a new television commercial running in Iowa, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia. The video and transcript of the Obama camp... »
What's on your mind this weekend, Bleeding Heartland readers? I'm catching up on two stories I didn't have time to write about during the past week: President Barack Obama's choice of Jim Yong Kim to be next president of the World Bank, and Vice Presid... »
Most bills that lack bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate die by filibuster, but senators voted overwhelmingly yesterday to move forward with debate on a bill that would end tax breaks for oil companies. Last May, Senator Chuck Grassley helped Repub... »
It's a Ron Paul world, and we all just live in it. The Story County Republican convention was a longer affair than Tara's convention, because of a phenomenon I call, "invasion of the Paul people!" To review: the Iowa caucus is basically a statewide str... »
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee On the Nominations of Miranda Du to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada Susie Morgan to be United States District Judge for the... »
