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John Cullen
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Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading!
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Trump comes to Iowa for comfort amid the cold - Storm Lake Times Pilot
The Sac News shared on Facebook my column from last week lamenting our loss of freedom, which generated a lot of insight in the comments, like “Art Cullen sits down when he pees.” That …
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February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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“Trump campaigned on terrorizing immigrants and restricting trade. Release the clutch on your pearls, this is precisely what America bargained for, and Iowa in particular. Sixty percent say they think he has gone too far. Just where did you think he was going?”
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Here’s my latest column. Kim Reynolds is a pitiful governor.
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Condition of the State: Code Blue - Storm Lake Times Pilot
For the ninth time, Gov. Kim Reynolds told us last week the condition of the state is strong. Except we have the worst economy of the 50 states, and personal income growth was 48th last year, …
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January 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Check our Episode 2: Cancer, from our video documentary series “What’s Eating Iowa?”
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What’s Eating Iowa
A documentary series, Episode 2, Cancer
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January 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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Here’s my latest column: Drinking the well dry for absentee owners

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Who pays for the water? - Storm Lake Times Pilot
State and local officials in Nebraska are giving Tyson the business after the giant meat packer announced plans to shut down the Lexington beef plant and put 3,200 people out of work. Tyson …
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December 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Check out the first episode of a video documentary series by cinematographer Jerry Risius and me on issues facing Iowa: water, cancer, resilient agriculture and rural consolidation. Please share! Thanks.

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What's Eating Iowa: Episode 1 - Water
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December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading!
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Pray for divided government - Storm Lake Times Pilot
2025 was arduous and is good to have behind us. The fever might have broken. Trump was raving mad on TV last week, almost spitting into the camera. This just days after saying that he doesn’t …
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December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Well worth listening to @artcullen.bsky.social @robertleonard.bsky.social

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An interview with Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize winner with the Storm Lake Times Pilot.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading!

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We were better off - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Farm subsidies, that is. They distort markets, suppress diversity, and create winners and losers. We can’t get by without …
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December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading!

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Can we talk about how Iowa reeks like a pig sty? - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Iowa has reeked for several weeks as an armada of honey wagons sprayed their brown bounty on black dirt, followed by the white anhydrous ammonia tanks. They’re everywhere as I traveled …
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November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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My column in the Storm Lake Times Pilot about the challenges facing electric vehicle drivers who venture off the interstates.

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Facing Iowa’s EV challenge - Storm Lake Times Pilot
If Iowa, particularly our western region, wants to keep our young people home and attract new business, we have to embrace the electric vehicles that are transforming transportation and lifestyle, …
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January 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM