Here are lists of worksheets for groups that are organizing action on Representatives and Senators, or for other purposes. These come from…
(I wrote this after the 2004 election. Ā It fully applies today. Ā Note the section [“Listen”] on the barrier of the Democratic Congress,…
My family tells a story of checking on the price of corn during the Great Depression, and the local elevator didn’t know because…
The internet is full of right wing bashing of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) as a way to blame Democrats, (liberals, the…
Daryll E. Ray, an agricultural economist at the University of Tennessee, points out that farm commodities fail to self correct under free…
(This is part of a series of my blogs related to the conventions and post convention presidential politics.Ā I wrote more extensively…
Following a recent strategy session on Voter Owned Clean Elections, I decided to write out a checklist for use in evaluating strategy…
I often hear that the U. S. farm bill is “a large omnibus piece of legislation” that cannot readily be understood. This…
In my view, the Commodity Title of the U.S. Farm Bill was not well understood by the left and others with similar…
Ensure that Farmers have Fair Living Wage (LINKS BELOW) By Jerry Pennick, Heather Gray Published on: 10/10/06 in…
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