Posted April 24, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
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 the Iowa Open Meetings law, he has told Cityview, because it is not a governmental body. Sure, its licenses are
Read More →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” Quiz! ONE HOT HANDBAG A woman told police on April 15 that she had noticed on April 8 that
Read More →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 have to admit after reading this first line of “Ordinary Grace,” I wasn’t sure it was my cup of tea.
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Posted April 23, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
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 Zaun, R-Polk, will seek answers next week when he meets with Charles Palmer, director of the Department of Human Services.
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Posted April 19, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
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 carrying out our responsibilities, we do so at a price they can afford.” Forty years later some in Iowa government
Read More →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 really good stuff — has a way of transcending all that. Genre doesn’t even matter. Regardless of whether it’s punk,
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Posted April 17, 2013in Duffy
Posted April 17, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
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 to dump a new production if audiences don’t immediately respond. Pizza Hut introduced its pizza sliders in February with Super
Read More →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 the background. These are not those men who are the successful movers and shakers. These are those men who are
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