Chris Rants’ Case for Voting Yes on David Wiggins Rings Hollow Former Iowa Speaker of the House Chris Rants says to vote yes on Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins retention. His logic has some flaws. Shane Vander HartOctober 4, 20124 minute read
Stripgate Follow-up: Iowa House Closes Loophole, 97-0 Common sense did prevail yesterday in the Iowa House who, following the… Shane Vander HartMarch 17, 20101 minute read
Follow-up: Iowa Senate Closes Loophole That Allowed Minors to Strip Just wanted to follow-up on an issue that I’ve taken up this… Shane Vander HartMarch 2, 20102 minute read
Debunking the “Roberts Isn’t a Leader” Meme The one candidate that has largely been without critics in Iowa’s Gubernatorial… Shane Vander HartFebruary 27, 20107 minute read
Rants Files Amendment to Close the Loophole After a judge determined that since strip clubs are considered "theater” it… Shane Vander HartFebruary 25, 20103 minute read
Some Polls Are Pure Poppycock The Iowa Independent highlighted a poll that showed a majority of Iowans… Shane Vander HartFebruary 24, 20103 minute read
Fox News Covers Iowa’s “Minor Stripgate” and Some Legislators Move to Act Tonight Bill O’Reilly and Megyn Kelly discussed our state’s shame for the… Shane Vander HartFebruary 18, 20101 minute read
Rants Ends Gubernatorial Campaign Just in from Representative Chris Rants (R-Sioux City): Today I am ending… Caffeinated ThoughtsFebruary 18, 20102 minute read
Iowa Poll Findings on Governor’s Race, Budget Gap, Size of Government, Filibuster, Etc. Just to get you updated on the latest Iowa Poll findings. On… Shane Vander HartFebruary 15, 20104 minute read
Deace-Robinson Death Match Ok, I’m exaggerating a little. There is an interesting debate going on… Shane Vander HartFebruary 1, 20103 minute read
Following the Money: Iowa GOP Gubernatorial Campaign Cash As some of you may be aware state/local campaign reports were due… Shane Vander HartJanuary 25, 20107 minute read
What Trained Monkeys Can Do Trained monkeys can not only help the disabled, practice martial arts, harvest… Shane Vander HartJanuary 23, 20101 minute read
Is Criticizing Vander Plaats Marginalizing Marriage? Bryan English of Iowa Family PAC (Iowa Family Policy Center, IFPC ACTION)… Shane Vander HartJanuary 20, 20105 minute read
In Defense of IFPC’s Vander Plaats Endorsement In response to Shane’s post on 1/15/10 critiquing the endorsement. By Mike… Caffeinated ThoughtsJanuary 19, 20102 minute read
Branstad With Big Lead I’ve got to somehow find a way to get on the leaked… Shane Vander HartJanuary 19, 20102 minute read
Iowa Gubernatorial Race: Anybody But Chet Whenever I post things like my criticism of IFPC’s endorsement of Bob… Shane Vander HartJanuary 17, 20103 minute read