Blogs Archive

Republican candidates will be busy traveling to county conventions this weekend.  TheIowaRepublican.com compiled the list of counties that the gubernatorial candidates will visit. If you live west of Interstate 35, don’t expect to see one of the three candidates. If you want to see all three candidates together, you will ... Full story

Another sign of the Apocalypse occurred today as The Des Moines Register ran an essay by anti federal reserve activist congressman Ron Paul. Recently Dr. Paul has noted that during the 2008 campaign he was rarely granted major cable network air time interviews, but once the election was bequeathed to the liberal media's princess Barry Sorento a.k.a B. ... Full story

TheIowaRepublican.com is one year old today. The site has had more than one million page views, received visits from 155 countries, all 50 states, and 632 different communities across Iowa over the past year. This entry marks the 1,366th story published on the site. That’s a lot of content on a daily basis, ... Full story

In just a couple of days, Republican activists will gather at their county conventions to ratify a county platform and select delegates to the district and state conventions. While this is nothing new, there is a twist this year, the delegates will not know where the state convention is going to be held at until after ... Full story

By Emily Geiger The Des Moines police officer who is charged with an attempted sexual assault while on duty is now appealing the city’s decision to terminate his employment. Former DMPD officer Maynard Richardson accumulated six department policy violations during his relatively short tenure and was already suspended on one occasion months before the recent assault ... Full story

Governor Culver has received a little heat about his recent trip to Iraq. Culver told Radio Iowa reporter Kay Henderson that the trip was absolutely justified and added. “I am the commander-in-chief of the Iowa National Guard and have a duty and an obligation to support our troops.” He forgot ... Full story

By Emily Geiger The verdict is in. It’s what a huge number of Iowans have been waiting to find out… whether Mark Becker would be found guilty of murder for killing Aplington Parkersburg Coach Ed Thomas, or whether he would be found not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury came back with a conviction for first degree murder. I have ... Full story

If you are a loyal Krustacean, you know that I’m not the biggest fan of Bob Vander Plaats being Iowa’s next governor. It’s not that he’s not a good guy. He just doesn’t float my boat. I also think it’s laughable when some of his most ardent supports rail on Branstad ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I need a little break from politics, so, since I have given you fair warning that I do comment on pop culture, that’s where I’m going today. Olympics Over I have to say I’m a little sad the Olympics are over. Yep, I’m one of those people. Every four years, I suddenly become ... Full story

Jonathan Narcisse: I don’t blame a Democrat for wanting to primary Governor Chet Culver. Culver is vulnerable, and if I was a Democrat, I’d be trying to find a way to get him off the ballot next November. Challenging Culver to a primary is smart, I just don’t know if Narcisse is the ... Full story