When I initially saw the consternation on Facebook regarding Stephen Bloom's Atlantic article,
"Observations From Twenty Years Of Iowa Life", I wasn't sure what to think. My peers from The University Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communications all had strong opinions and none of them positive. So, naturally I had to read the article myself. Bloom's article features an extremist's opinion of Iowa, ranging from describing Iowans as "wasteoids and meth addicts with pale skin and rotted te...
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