Comedians at play
Lisa Kudrow and friends crack each other up in “Web Therapy” “Web Therapy” is a series where comedians amuse each other and, more often than not, the viewers (Tuesday, 10 [...]
Read More →Lisa Kudrow and friends crack each other up in “Web Therapy” “Web Therapy” is a series where comedians amuse each other and, more often than not, the viewers (Tuesday, 10 [...]
Read More →“The Spectacular Now” 1 star Rated R 95 minutes Drama Starring: Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, Jennifer Jason Leigh “The Spectacular Now” is the work of inexperienced screenwriters. We know this [...]
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Simon and Schuster June 11, 2013 $24.99 209 pp. Parents of “one and only” children will find “One and Only: The Freedom [...]
Read More →Gathering together for the third time in Des Moines, a group of forward-thinking ladies and gentlemen (but mostly ladies) marched downtown to the State Capitol as a part of the [...]
Read More →Wine Spectator’s annual “The List” is out with mega star restaurateur Thomas Keller on the cover. It honors 3,793 restaurants worldwide deemed worthy of its awards for wine excellence, including [...]
Read More →Your Civic Skinny column, (July 18) suggested that Chrysalis is irresponsible in our spending. I’d like to set the record straight. Chrysalis is one of few organizations for which 100 [...]
Read More →Let’s face it. Not everyone in Des Moines is destined to be rich and famous like Iowa natives Ashton Kutcher, Brandon Routh, Corey Taylor, Nate Ruess and Elijah Wood. But [...]
Read More →After years of swimming against the tide, I finally broke down and bought a tablet last week. While I still feel they have little value outside of watching videos and [...]
Read More →They say it’s important in life to “stop and smell the roses.” From our passing cars, we too often overlook the charms of the city streetscape — the tiny but [...]
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Iowa’s bumper crops: gospel, farce and folly
Yes, the Iowa precinct caucuses for the 2016 presidential election are still some 30 months away — January 2016. But the zaniness of the caucus process and zealotry of the [...]
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