What Really Happens at an Iowa Freedom Riders’ Protest

On Thursday, June 4, twelve days after the death of George Floyd, there was a peaceful protest in downtown Iowa City.

Tweet Your Dissent

A local college instructor told me about the rhetoric class she taught this fall. She had her students watch the presidential debates. “Watching those debates is usually very useful for students. [The debates] illustrate rhetorical tools and logical fallacies.” This year was quite different. Students saw Trump fail to use even the most basic principles of…

Sunday: 6 Days Without a Federal Government

Since the days of George W., I have grown more and more accustomed to the idea of breaking the country up into smaller pieces. Our representation on a federal level has become such a joke that it only makes sense to fire everyone. People in other countries are astounded by our lack of protest over the…