Watch if you dare
‘Cult’ wants to kidnap and brainwash you “Cult” (Tuesday, 8 p.m., CW) offers one of the 2012-13 season’s most intriguing concepts. It’s a TV series about a TV series named [...]
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Posted February 13, 2013in On The Tube
Posted February 13, 2013in Your View
Cityview needs to understand the power of the press
Cityview’s recent cover story, “Shot or not” (Feb. 7) didn’t stray too far from its opening subject line. That of a fairy tale, Mary Poppins. While the author of the [...]
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Posted February 12, 2013in Uncategorized
Posted February 08, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
Iowa Workforce Development breaks law, gets off scot free
Iowa Workforce Development officials broke Iowa law when they blocked state auditors from investigating a case in which an employee with a criminal background embezzled more than $43,500, according to [...]
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Posted February 06, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
Spacey is genius in breaking the fourth wall
“No one’s a Boy Scout, not even a Boy Scout.” “I hate children. There, I said it.” — “House of Cards” Francis Underwood The just-released, made-for-Netflix political drama “House [...]
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Posted February 06, 2013in Locker Room
Flock to the Rock at Climb Iowa
It’s time to turn off the lights, turn on your headlamps and get high — really high. Possible side effects include, but are not limited to, fatigue, dizziness, shortness of [...]
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Posted February 06, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
One degree of separation in Italian Des Moines
The 20th-century Italian restaurant culture in Des Moines was sustained by a mythic cult of personalities. Many cafes went by first names only — Babe’s, Vic’s, Rocky’s, Noah’s, Chuck’s, Gino’s, [...]
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Posted February 06, 2013in Sound Stage
A Des Munks kind of funk
Des Munks mark the capital city’s latest entry into the funk/jam band category. While the band’s normal lineup consists of guitarist Spencer Brown, bassist AJ Simon and drummer George McCutchen, [...]
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Posted February 06, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
Clowning around
It is a fairly serious time, and we are fairly serious folks dealing with fairly serious issues: guns, mental health, economic disaster, global warming, war, Michelle’s bangs. It feels a [...]
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An educator’s plea: We need mental health supports in schools
I have been a teacher in central Iowa for 14 years; in that time I have taught classes for children with social and emotional issues. Those of us who teach [...]
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