Art Cullen’s Notebook

A view from rural America: immigration, agriculture, environment, politics

Articles

So awful a place that 2 million people show up to party

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…
(Jun 22, Art Cullen)

Break up Big Meat

When they aren’t fixing prices they’re fixing wages
(Jun 15, Art Cullen)

This old dog might catch the bumper

Clean water, healthy rural communities buoy Jones ag campaign
(Jun 8, Art Cullen)

Feenstra learns lesson about showing up

Editorial, the Storm Lake Times Pilot, June 5, 2026
(Jun 6, Art Cullen)

Sand feels strong heading into the campaign

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…
(Jun 1, Art Cullen)

Who could not see the freight train coming for your freedom?

(Jan 26, Art Cullen)

Condition of the State: Code Blue

(Jan 19, Art Cullen)

They want Iowa Normal back

(Oct 14, 2025, Art Cullen)

An old newshound sniffs a rural shift

(Mar 16, Art Cullen)

Trump comes to Iowa for comfort amid the cold

(Feb 2, Art Cullen)

Iowa refuses to be someplace richer

(May 18, Art Cullen)

Who’s going to keep those money grubbers in front of you?

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.
(May 25, Art Cullen)

An editorial: Drinking us dry

A meatpacking town can’t afford the water
(May 22, Art Cullen)

Josh Turek needs a coach

A Storm Lake Times Pilot Editorial
(May 15, Art Cullen)

Reynolds is the worst governor in my lifetime

Not the worst ever
(May 11, Art Cullen)

A farm bill, maybe sorta

Storm Lake Times Pilot Editorials, May 8, 2026
(May 9, Art Cullen)

Millions dead? How did that happen?

Every morning a new horror hatches such that you forget the day before, or the year before, with its daily minor cataclysms.
(May 4, Art Cullen)