Local Food Demand Up, John Oliver Talks Hancher Visit, and Santorum Wins, Iowa Loses? : Iowa City Daily Links, Jan. 21

Exactly two months away from Spring.

On to the Links!

From this Site

Santorum . For real. We're serious.

A displaced the residents of an Ash Street home, injuring one and killing their pets.

An Iowa City man was charged for allegedly from a female acquaintance, then attacking her.

 is our featured Iowa City Animal shelter animal this week. He's one of those awesome cats that will lumber around your house and rub against your legs on cold days like this one. We'll have a new pet of the week up later today.

In Parent Talk this week, we ask what is to be done .

From Other Sites

Stephanie Wise of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has a preview of Coralville WinterFest, happening this weekend.

Here's a preview of weekend events from Little Village magazine.

Diana Nollen of the Gazette has a nice interview with John Oliver of the Daily Show in advance of his Hancher appearance.

Santorum wins, Iowa loses? Jason Noble of the Des Moines Register reports on the fallout from the Iowa GOP precinct flub.

Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen writes about the challenge of taking advantage of the growing demand for local food.

Emily Schettler of the Press-Citizen reports that there was some administrative restructuring in the University of Iowa's International students program, part of the university's ongoing efforts to adapt to increasing international students.

A member of the Press-Citizen's Writers Group writes about keeping Iowa City's vegan/vegetarian culture strong in the wake of the Red Avocado's forced departure.

William Petroski of the Des Moines Register writes that the special interest group, Iowans for Tax Relief, is not surprisingly opposed to the gas tax.

Southwest Airlines is coming to Iowa.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Larry J. Sabato, a respected elections forecaster and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, called the caucuses’ shifting results an “embarrassment.” His Twitter feed, he said, has been a running stream of anti-Iowa invective in recent days.

“People in a lot of other states are tired of Iowa going first, there’s no question about it,” he said. “And Iowa played right into the hands of its critics.”

A big question, though, is whether such frustration will actually drive a challenge to Iowa’s pre-eminence in presidential cycles to come.