University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s open letter to The Atlantic: The opinion piece by Stephen Bloom, a professor at the University of Iowa, has generated considerable statewide and national reactions about Iowa. I disagree strongly with and was offended by Professor Bloom’s portrayal of Iowa and Iowans. Please know that he does not speak [...]
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Bloom’s Iowa City neighborhood the most liberal area in Johnson County
The Iowa City neighborhood where University of Iowa Professor Steve Bloom says pickup truck drivers frequently ask him hunting questions when he walks his dog is likely the most liberal neighborhood in Iowa City. In a piece published online in the Atlantic this month, Bloom refers to rural Iowans as “lacking in educated,” among other [...]
Bloom keeps referring to “uncomfortable truths” despite numerous factual errors
UI Professor Stephen Bloom is defending himself in the face of a firestorm of criticism for a piece he published at the Atlantic last week describing Iowans as “lacking in educated,” among other things. Bloom continues to refer to controversial pieces of his column as “uncomfortable truths,” despite numerous commentators pointing out factual errors in [...]
Sullivan: Real observations from 20 years of Iowa life
Steve Bloom and I have both lived in Iowa for about 20 years. We live in the same town, in fact; I went to school with his son and we used to work in the same building. But the Iowa I know couldn’t me more different than the Iowa Bloom, a University of Iowa journalism [...]
Commentary: Iowa’s mainstream media lack substance in caucus coverage
By Adam B Sullivan About 10 other reporters and I were hanging out with Tim Pawlenty in Des Moines this past weekend. The former Minnesota governor had just finished talking to a crowd at a Strong America Now event and took a few minutes to talk with the Iowa caucus media. The presser was going [...]
COMMENTARY: Iowa Caucus 2012: Republican Herman Cain’s limited America
Cain’s elect doesn’t mean all Americans, nor all Iowans, nor even every person in the 2nd floor ballroom who came to listen to Cain speak.
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Dispatch from Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN — You can feel the anxiety and anticipation rising in the conference center as the fault lines become more distinct and several entities attempt to resurrect negotiations. It’s Wednesday morning in Copenhagen. There are far less nongovernmental organizations, a lot more press, and sightings of presidents and prime ministers scuttling to meetings. It’s difficult [...]
Use of eminent domain would be PR nightmare
“Not interested.” That was the reply from the owners of the Pentacrest Garden apartment complex concerning whether they wanted to sell their property to the UI for the new Hancher/Voxman/Clapp complex. It was a blunt and stinging rebuke to the UI community — a community hopeful that the downtown location could be a possible spot [...]
Mormon Church sickening on equality issues
The Mormon Church always seems to be at the forefront of blocking the gay rights movement in this country. Some say they were solely responsible for blocking California’s state-changing gay marriage proposal Proposition 8. Months later, the Mormon church is in the thick of the excitement again. The Church passed a resolution supporting legislation that [...]
Keep them growin’
You are halfway there. Don’t give up now. It’s almost mid-way through the hairiest month of the year. All around the country — and all around the UI campus — men are feeling more like men. “No-Shave November” has grown into a nation-wide celebration of facial hair faster than it would have taken Jerry Garcia [...]
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