Art Cullen
@artcullen.bsky.social
Editor, Storm Lake (Iowa) Times Pilot, stormlake.com Pulitzer Prize winner.
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Forgiveness amid the confusion - Storm Lake Times Pilot
An elderly man from Alta died after a vehicle hit him while he was walking in the Walmart parking lot. The driver was Latino. No charges had been filed; the incident was under investigation. …
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by @artcullen.bsky.social 1/3 “Sand has come a long way. A year ago he did not want to discuss ag pollution. It has made its way into his stump speech. That’s progress. Still, he leads with trashing the two-party system. He says it is the issue of our time. Polls say he may have a lead of 9%..
Dancing around the issue of our time
Rob Sand in Storm Lake.
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Really great editorial from @artcullen.bsky.social discussing @ewgofficial.bsky.social's recent analysis of Iowa livestock facilities. "Iowa loses farmers and fosters cancer because of consolidation forced by a tight group of agribusinesses that do just fine."
Art Cullen@artcullen.bsky.social · 2w agoHere’s my latest column. Thanks for reading! www.stormlake.com/stories/the-...?
The microwave popped out of a bunch of refugees - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Imagine 1,500 foreigners showing up in rural Iowa who can’t speak English, are pacifists, refuse to take loyalty oaths, live communally with no pay, and shun social convention. Arrest them! …
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War on Iowa will extend past November - Storm Lake Times Pilot
President Trump and the ayatollahs blew up any hopes of taming inflation with renewed bombing of Iran and the Persian Gulf, just as fuel prices were softening. Gas jumped and stocks slumped when …
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Our outrage could redeem us - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Chris Jones and his boss at the water works used to ask as they gathered daily to discuss the roiling river’s polluted water: “Where’s the outrage?” Iowans are freaking out over our …
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This is our Day of Deliverance; we are not Summer Soldiers - Storm Lake Times Pilot
“I am apt to believe that [Independence Day] will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts …
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So awful a place that 2 million people show up to party - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Two million Knicks fans reveled in lower Manhattan for a ticker-tape parade last Thursday morning as I skedaddled to LaGuardia for country roads to take me home. What an awful place, huh? Worse …
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Break up Big Meat - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Calls from left and right are building to break up Big Ag as beef prices rise, food plants close and workers are locked out from the slaughterhouse. Republican Zach Lahn separated himself in the …
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This old dog might catch the bumper - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Chris Jones fancied himself trolling for walleyes in the backwaters of the Upper Mississippi River near Lansing in his retirement. Instead, the 65-year-old found himself disembarking at …
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Sand feels strong heading into the campaign - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Rob Sand called on Memorial Day as he drove home from a family weekend at Okoboji to catch up, he said, after having read my column about politicians swimming in money. Halfway through, he says …
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Who’s going to keep those money grubbers in front of you? - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Rob Sand has $18 million cash on hand in his run for Iowa governor, but here is the crazy part: He’s a Democrat, and it is only May. Think what the Republicans can do with real money by …
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Editorials: Drinking us dry - Storm Lake Times Pilot
April showers bring May flowers, but not enough to fill Storm Lake’s cup. Already the city is asking residents to conserve water with a dry spring, high demand and a system that has not kept pace. …
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Iowa refuses to be someplace richer - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Republicans yammer on the TV that you wouldn’t want to see Iowa become Minnesota, Illinois or California. You wouldn’t want 10,000 lakes getting in the way of corn or tech bros buying up all …
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“Why is Iowa uniquely plagued with cancer? Well, what is unique about Iowa?” asks @artcullen.bsky.social. “It’s the most cultivated place on Earth, first of all ...”
A 'skyscraper of risk factors' are giving Iowans cancer - Little Village
For the third year in a row, Iowa has the second-highest rate of new cancers in the country, according to the annual report from the Iowa Cancer Register (ICR) published in March. It’s also one of onl...
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Reynolds is the worst governor in my lifetime - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Gov. Kim Reynolds can put up her pointy-toe cowboy boots and reflect on 10 years of solid damage done under the golden dome. She might not be remembered as the worst. The Iowa History Journal …
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Iowa gets coverage across the country on Pacifica Radio Network's show @motheringearth.bsky.social We need change and also the values of independent journalism. Salwa talks with @artcullen.bsky.social about his new book “Dear Marty” Get a copy direct at icecubepress dot com. www.mothering-earth.com
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Millions dead? How did that happen? - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Every morning a new horror hatches such that you forget the day before, or the year before, with its daily minor cataclysms. Trump is on the computer holding a machine gun warning Iran that they …
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Iowa’s future is secure if we can gather on common ground - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Abby Elsbernd from the Quad Cities was glad to learn that the revered and recently retired football coach at Northern Iowa, Mark Farley, is known as the “walk-on from Waukon.” The Grinnell …
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Trump sinking Republican hopes in Iowa - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Ashley Hinson and Randy Feenstra might regret hitching their wagons to Donald Trump’s star. It could turn out to be the Hindenburg. Rep. Hinson says she is honored to fight beside Trump …
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The Fred Flintstone Doctrine in the Middle East - Storm Lake Times Pilot
President Trump took over the TV to tell the world that he intends to bomb Iran back into the Stone Age. God Bless America. And YABADABADOO! I had been thinking that I might be losing my …
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Happy that @artcullen.bsky.social ‘s episode on Choose To Be Curious with Lynn Borton will be on the entire Pacifica Radio Network lynnborton.com/2026/03/19/c...
Curiosity & the Essential Question of News, with Art Cullen
Art Cullen is the editor and co-owner with his brother John of the Storm Lake Times Pilot, a weekly newspaper in that Northwest Iowa county seat – a town of about 12,000. He has a lot to say to and ab...
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Here is my latest column, about how Iowa is afraid to find out the truth about cancer. www.stormlake.com/stories/a-st...
A state of denial - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Your typical dude avoids doctors and their probes because they would just find something wrong with him. Who needs that? Been there myself, for sure. Sometimes you’re forced to go and a blood …
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"A lack of fertilizer is going to lead to less food." @artcullen.bsky.social Editor Art Cullen on the impact of the Iran war on Iowa farmers.
It's National Agriculture Day, so here's a talk I had with the legendary @artcullen.bsky.social a couple months back about his book Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest.
"You don’t see the Trump flags flying in Iowa like you used to.”
Talking with the legendary Art Cullen about his new book.
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Storm Lake is a launchpad for the pursuit of happiness - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Storm Lake is a portal for refugees in pursuit of happiness, whatever that may be. Lao. Sudanese. Karin. It ain’t easy trying to be free. That’s an immediate impression after a sneak …
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Here’s my latest column: Former political columnist David Yepsen still has his nose in the wind. stormlake.com/stories/an-o...
An old newshound sniffs a rural shift - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Penpal David Yepsen senses a shift heading into the midterm elections: Rural folks are honked off and voting for change. The retired political columnist for The Des Moines Register and former …
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Here is my latest column: We need divided government. www.stormlake.com/stories/iowa...
Iowa: What a bummer - Storm Lake Times Pilot
Fog set thick outside while serotonin ran thin inside on this early March morning of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in Iowa. If I had the gumption I would go jump in the lake. It only gets worse …
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