Will added security training and technology make for…
Connecticut is more than a thousand miles away from Des Moines. But two months ago, on Thursday, Dec. 13, it felt like the national news was reporting about a neighbor, [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Cover Story
Posted February 13, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Why the Harkin Institute should be at DMACC’s Carroll campus
Let’s get straight to the point. The Harkin Institute of Public Policy shouldn’t be located anywhere that’s accessible by taking a taxi from an airport. Visitors and researchers should have [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Locker Room
Grey skies, blue balls
These days there seems to be no telling which way the weather will turn. One afternoon it’s sunny; the next we’re being blanketed by fresh powder; finally, we’re washed with [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
The good VolunteerLocal of Des Moines received national accolades last week when it was selected from a record-number of applicants as a winner of the Blue Ribbon Small Business Award. [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Sore Thumbs
‘DEAD SPACE 3’ (M) ***1/2 Electronic Arts Xbox 360 Most popular game franchises nowadays like to play it safe, with tiny, incremental changes from one entry to the next. So [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Sound Stage
From mellow to metal
Mews played host to a plethora of metal acts on Sunday, Feb. 10, headed up by Colorado’s Asylum and Wisconsin-based Micawber. Opening the event were central Iowa acts Shadow of [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Sound Check
CD Reviews
Muddy Rails ‘Muddy Rails’ Brolester Muddy Rails is a throwback to the glory days of SoCal punk-pop. “The Green Automobile” and its opening declaration of “My my how the years [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
Reader tips: Hong Kong, Sai Gon and Cheese Shop
Readers frequently ask questions that begin, “Who makes your favorite…?” Answers, being a matter of taste, can start arguments. That’s why I appreciate tips from folks who believe they’ve discovered [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in Book Review
‘Telling the Bees’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Putnam March 2013 $26.95 320 pp. Hesketh’s haunting, heartfelt first novel tells the story of Albert Honig, an elderly beekeeper who lives [...]
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Iowa and Aussies share language, culture and problems
Three weeks in Australia — visiting one of our daughters — offered a respite from the Iowa winter, but not from Iowa issues. Reading Australian newspapers was like reading newspapers [...]
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