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Posted January 16, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story

Schultz advises some disenfranchised: Vote. Who watches games from Sally Mason’s box?

Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, who is turning over every rock and checking every driver’s license and database in his search for persons who are voting illegally, is on [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts

The moral life

Truth is hard to come by it seems. What we see is shaped by so many factors that have nothing to do with what is actually in front of us. [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Bravo Greater Des Moines recently awarded a total of $274,083 to 18 central Iowa arts and cultural organizations as part of its FY2013 Capital Campaign and Projects (CCP) [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Duffy

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Posted January 16, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Check

CD Reviews

Holopaw ‘Academy Songs, Volume 1’ Misra “Acdemy Songs” is, I guess, a concept album. Whether it aims too high, or whether front man John Orth’s songwriting isn’t up to the [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Your View

No more Newspapers in Ed option

Referencing your Jan. 10 issue about The Des Moines Register numbers (Civic Skinny), another thing they have changed regarding vacation is that you used to be able to donate your [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Film Review

Limits of respect

“Hyde Park on Hudson” 2 stars Rated R 94 mins. Comedy Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams If only we could see Bill Murray’s FDR hanging out with Daniel [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes

Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week

Want to see some shows on the cheap? Got a little time to trade? Head down to Wooly’s on Mondays. That’s when you can get free tickets to shows in [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in Sound Stage

The Snacks at The Underground, Jan. 9.

“Thank you for coming. You. Specifically.” The Snacks — Mike Pfaff and Jeff Karnowski — are talking directly to me because, at the moment, I’m the only person in the [...]

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Posted January 16, 2013in On The Tube, Recent Posts

When English professors kill

‘The Following’ features the world’s most unlikely evildoer I’ve always argued that a Kevin Bacon performance is never without merit, no matter the production. But I’ve finally lost the argument [...]

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