Tag Archive 'Iowa'

In politics, the crazies on either side tend to meet up *UPDATED*

There is a tendency to imagine politics as a straight line, going from Left to Right, or statist to individualist.  I think, though, that it would be more accurate to imagine it as a curve, with the two ends sometimes straining to meet each other.  Ron Paul’s libertarianism, which includes a Truther strain, deep hostility [...]

After the flood

Patrick grew up in Oakville, Iowa, as did his father before him.  It was a quintessentially small Midwestern town, but its future is in now question because it was completely flooded when the waters rose.  Patrick’s now started a blog with illustrations of both the damage done and the work the town’s residents are doing [...]

The death of a small town

Patrick Thornburg, through a loving essay and some tragic photographs, takes on a a visit to a small Iowa town that may not rise again.