29 Nov 2023

The Stench at Davenport City Hall: A Lucrative Payout Is Cloaked in Secrecy

By Ed Tibbetts

What a Crock Davenport City Council Corri Spiegel Settlement 2023

What a crock. Last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, when they knew hardly anybody was paying attention, Davenport city officials announced they were giving departing City Administrator Corri Spiegel $1.6 million. The city said $1 million was for the emotional pain and suffering that Spiegel suffered, which the city council said in a statement was due to “prolonged and documented instances of harassment” by some elected officials over the past eight years. They didn’t say what the offending behavior was.

01 Nov 2023

In Praise of the Simple Life: My Lifelong Friendship with Nora Sue Miller

By Gail Heninger

How much do you know about the Amish? I would like to introduce you to an Amish person who changed my life.

31 Oct 2023

Declaration of Dependence

By Joel Lorentzen

The blindfold is being yanked off lady justice.

Reading the words of Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, and the Constitution makes obvious to me how learned our founders were in governance and human nature, and how they captured both in the idea of our nation.

30 Sep 2023

The State Remedy: How to Protect Your Wealth, Restore Comity for All, and Save Our Republic for Future Generations

By Lydia Electrum

I am on a mission to re-establish a sound monetary system, one which uses gold and silver. Given the development of government controlled digital currencies and ledgers, the abuse of those who can least afford it by the Federal Reserve, and the state of America's affairs, there is no more important mission.

30 Sep 2023

A Climate of Skepticism

By Joel Lorentzen

The climate non-skeptics are lulled into hapless orthodoxy, and the skeptics are quieted into non-pa

The article “Why EROEI Matters” by David Turver (Eigen Values, Substack.com) fascinates me. It gets my skeptic up. I won’t upstage Mr. Turver by summarizing it, but EROEI (Energy Recovered On Energy Invested) is a great way to compare the efficacy of energy sources, and his article is an excellent critique of our policy direction. You should read it.

30 Aug 2023

G. Edward Griffin Stays True to Himself at Red Pill Expo in Des Moines

By Jason Bermas

There are few in the Freedom Movement whose names command as much respect, admiration, and prestige as G. Edward Griffin. When the Red Pill Expo, an event created by the man himself, was coming to Iowa and he would be there, it was a no-brainer.

30 Aug 2023

The Wolves Are Coming!: Carbon Capture and Sequestering Pipelines Are Unproven Dangerous Greenwashing That Divert Taxpayer Subsidies Away from Proven Technologies

By Rochelle Arnold

Wolf Carbon Solutions Website Screenshot

Intervening in the Illinois Commerce Commission's protocol, via trial by jury, is the best way to stop the carbon dioxide pipeline project.

29 Aug 2023

Fear Is a Weapon to Gain Control: A New COVID “Variant” … Just in Time for Election Season!

By Ron Paul

World class athletes have always just dropped dead of heart attacks out of the blue

Just four-and-a-half months since President Biden declared an end to the COVID “emergency,” the media is suddenly full of stories about the return of COVID. This time a new “variant” is being rolled out, and the media, in collusion with Big Pharma and the fear-industrial complex, are churning out stories about how forced masking is making a comeback.

06 Aug 2023

Why Is the U.S. Government Tempting Nuclear Annihilation?

By Max Blumenthal

[Publisher's note: On June 28, 2023, TheGrayzone.com's Max Blumenthal addressed the U.N. Security Council on the role of U.S. military aid to Ukraine in escalating the conflict with Russia and the real motives behind Washington’s support for Kiev’s proxy war. Below is the news site's transcript of Blumenthal's incisive remarks.]

28 Jun 2023

The Davenport Building Collapse: The City’s Daily Updates to the Media Unedited

By Todd McGreevy

On Sunday evening, May 28, 2023, six stories of the west wall of the building known as The Davenport at 324 Main Street in downtown Davenport collapsed. Three people lost their lives in the tragedy. There is much controversy about city inspections, accountability and the building's owner Andrew Wold. Numerous lawsuits are in play. The building was originally a hotel built in 1907, had more than 50 tenants renting at the time of the collapse, and has since been demolished. Below, we publish the updates the city of Davenport chief strategy officer Sarah Ott issued to local and national media, in the order in which they were released.

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