‘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 “Cult.” The show-within-the-show portrays a creepy cult run by a psycho who kidnaps and brainwashes his followers. “Cult” has inspired
Read More →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 article seemed to want to dwell on every perceived negative of past vaccinations such as “needle injection, thimerosal, egg protein,”
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Posted February 08, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
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 a newly released report from the Iowa State Auditor. The agency contacted the state auditor’s office seven months after starting
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Posted February 06, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
“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 of Cards” — 13, 50-minute episodes rolled out in a delicious package — is so damn good it makes you
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Posted February 06, 2013in Locker Room
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 breath, paranoia, muscle spasms, dehydration, temporarily increased blood pressure and the overwhelming desire to get high again after the come
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Posted February 06, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
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, Gianni’s, Johnny’s. Everybody knew those owners because they all greeted their customers every night. Restaurateurs Linda Bisignano (Chuck’s) and Jerry
Read More →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, the latter of whom was out of town this past week performing in Memphis with the Rock Island Rollers. Filling
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Posted February 06, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
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 bit like that time when you had to babysit your younger brother and younger sister. Your folks were gone, you
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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 in these classrooms are aware that we will be dealing with a variety of behavioral issues from students who are
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