For most of my life I have been involved with programs that deal with poverty. My mother was a Head Start teacher and I helped her during semester breaks in high school and college, as a professional actor in Los Angeles I helped raise funds for Homeless Health Care. Since coming back to Iowa I have been proud…
“Silly, flat, dishwatery, utterances”
I spend a lot of time thinking about how our government does business. I also think about the way the public debates the issues and how we are informed (or become uninformed). And I think a lot about how bad things have gotten and how they are getting worse. Several times I’ve said or written: …
It’s No Laughing Matter
It has been 11 months since I declared my candidacy for the United States Congress. With a good staff, I ran hard and our message was heard, but momentum was never our ally in a crowded primary and I withdrew from that race last month. Today I will file to run for the Iowa State House…
My Love/Hate Relationship
I love Politics. I love the practice of influencing one another on civic and individual issues. I like the debate over what is best for the common good because it is from this dialogue that we can emerge stronger and more secure in our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. I hate Politics. I hate…
“It’s YOU!”
There’s an outtake from a Beatle recording session where they are trying to lay down vocal tracks for “One After 909” and someone keeps messing up causing them to start over. Finally, after John Lennon stops one more time, presumably to correct the others, Paul McCartney jumps in (laughing), “It’s you, John, it’s YOU!” The…
Make America great…again!
The line wasn’t coined by Donald Trump. Every Republican who declared their candidacy for the presidency stated that we needed a president who will “make us proud again to be an American.” It wasn’t that long ago when Democrats were rallying to “return America to greater standing in the world” and to find our “moral authority once…
The Current State of Affairs
If your aim is true as a politician, then you must be willing to go where you are needed most. For over a year I have dreamt of representing the people of Iowa’s First District in Washington and have worked toward that end every day and night. Along the way, however, I have become increasingly…
What’s your CSI?
Do you know what I’m really tired of? Besides, shortfalls in education budgets, short-sighted environmental policy, political bickering, hyperbole, and demagoguery. I’m tired of acronyms. The intention of an acronym is to reduce space in writing. Once a long name, like the Association for the Proliferation of Acronyms, has been established in a document, the…
THIS is the right time!
The other day a friend asked me why I am running against two well-known Democrats. He said, “Kroeger, you’re not known in politics, maybe you should look at this as your trial run and prepare for another race in a couple of years.” I understood where he was coming from, I’ve heard that before and…
Social Acceptance
A recent poll said that 43% of the Democrats polled in Iowa identified themselves as “socialist.” I find that a bit suspect and alarming and it has stirred controversy among Democrats and Republicans, alike. Democrats who don’t want to identify with socialism and Republicans to fan the flame that Democrats want to take America toward…