Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The Supreme Court, Constitution and Democracy

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High Court Mystique is Shattered Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, February 16, 2022, p. A7 Who finally decides what is “the la...
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Sunday, February 06, 2022

It CAN Happen Here

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Bloodlines The Republican Party is currently split between followers of former president Donald Trump, and those rejecting Trump – who mo...
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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Who Pays?

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Who Pays for the Losses from Our "Freedom"? Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, January 27, 2022, p. A4 As ...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Doing Well By Doing Good

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Doing Well By Addressing The Poor Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, January 18, 2022, p. A6 I asked Senator Hubert Humphrey what he told...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Science and Stories

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Science and Stories are Different Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, Dec. 8, 2021, p. A6 “The good thing about science,” the bumper st...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Taxes

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Don’t Start A Discussion With Tax Cuts Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, November 10, 2021, p. 6A Random thoughts about taxes. 1. Y...
Wednesday, October 06, 2021

School Board Governance

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School Board Members Must Speak Out Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, October 6, 2021, p. A6 Returning to my Iowa City home ...
Saturday, September 25, 2021

Solving Our Housing Disgrace

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Housing has been in the news. Roughly 500,000 are homeless any given evening. "The number of poor, renter households experiencing a ...
Monday, September 20, 2021

America's Democracy September 2021

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From its birth, America's democracy has been under attack -- from a number of directions, by different (usually relatively small) group...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Defending Wilderness Parks

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Defending Wilderness Parks Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, September 12, 2021, p. D2 Iowa City’s Hickory Hill Park wilde...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Departure Disaster - Generals Had It Right

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Four days ago (April 18) The Gazette published a column of mine, "Think About the Ending Before the Beginning," The Gazette, Augus...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Starting and Ending Wars

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Questions We Should Have Asked Before Invading Afghanistan; There weren’t any good ways to leave Afghanistan, just the least-worst wa...
Friday, August 06, 2021

Protecting Animals While Evicting Humans

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Protecting Animals But Not Humans Nicholas Johnson The Gazette, August 6, 2021, p. A5 Why does the law permit evicting the...