Iowa P***** Radio (cont.); Nancy Sebring’s ‘underware’
Iowa Public Radio has a “commitment to openness and transparency,” lawyer Wayne Reames told The Des Moines Register the other day. Oh. But, of course, it is not subject to [...]
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Posted April 24, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Posted April 24, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” [...]
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Posted April 24, 2013in Book Review
‘Ordinary Grace’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler Atria Books March 26, 2013 $24.99 307 pp. “All the dying that summer began with the death of a child…” Yikes. I [...]
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Posted April 23, 2013in Uncategorized
Posted April 23, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
Iowa lawmaker wants answers on welfare program oversight
DES MOINES – At least one Iowa lawmaker wants answers from state leaders regarding lax oversight of a $100-million program aimed at providing the poor with the essentials. Rep. Brad [...]
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Posted April 19, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
Open up IA: Don’t shield welfare transactions
DES MOINES — In 1973, then California Gov. Ronald Reagan said government officials derive their “ultimate authority from the people. And we have an obligation to make sure that in [...]
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Posted April 17, 2013in Sound Stage
Bringing people together
Sometimes the music is enough. We can all hold different political beliefs or come from different economic backgrounds and a wide array of races and religions. But music — the [...]
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Posted April 17, 2013in Duffy
Posted April 17, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
Political correctness and fast food
America’s fast food industry behaves more like its network television industry every year. Both spend billions of dollars researching and launching new products. Then, despite all that investment, neither hesitates [...]
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Posted April 17, 2013in Book Review
‘Middle Men’
17Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Simon and Schuster 2/19/13 $23 240 pp. “Middle Men” is a collection of short stories about those ordinary men who fade into [...]
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