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Posted December 17, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted December 14, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Citing Iran threat, report says EB-5 regional centers should be ‘abandoned’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s EB-5 visa-investor program has opened a gateway for Iranian operatives to infiltrate the country, a government memo says. Citing a report by the Homeland Security Investigations division, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley said EB-5 is vulnerable to the “export of sensitive technology and economic espionage,” as well as
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Posted December 13, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Obama ‘stonewall’ perils national security, Grassley charges
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee charges that the Obama administration’s handling of EB-5 investor-visas “poses a gigantic risk” to national security. U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, says Jeh Johnson, nominated to lead the Department of Homeland Security, has failed to address dozens of allegations raised
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Posted December 11, 2013in Sound Stage
Controlled chaos
Dan Green has a lot of irons in the fire. Splitting his efforts between performing on stage as SUBliminal Chaos, and acting as the driving force behind Des Moines’ 515 Alive electronic music festival, Green’s always got something to keep him busy. “(I’ve done) 10-plus national shows between here and
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Posted December 11, 2013in Locker Room
Storm Chasers, take the field
Don’t let the excessive exclamation points in this article fool you, intelligence and entrepreneurship abound within circles like Des Moines’ own Iowa Barnstormers Storm Chasers Dance Team. “We are role models to girls of all ages,” said Emily Toribio, co-captain of the Storm Chasers. “To know the impact we have
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Posted December 11, 2013in Food Dude
Service stars at Cinco de Mayo West
American ingenuity was characterized in the 20th century by the inventions of templates that could be tweaked and applied successfully by competitors. From assembly-line construction to open-sourced software, success was untied from proprietary exclusivity. To the surprise of many economists, a rising tide raised all ships. Similarly, restaurant templates created
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Posted December 11, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! WELCOME TO IOWA… WITH APOLOGIES A 44-year-old Texas man reported to police on Dec. 3 that sometime between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. on Nov. 26-27 someone had stolen from his vehicle, which was parked at the 4000 block of John Lynd Road.
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Posted December 11, 2013in Cover Story
Santa’s Secrets
Santa is serious business. If you thought that all it took to get one of those big thrones in the middle of the mall was a beer gut and a well-shampooed “Duck Dynasty” beard, you are sadly mistaken. Santa Claus conventions and workshops actually exist out there, run by organizations
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Posted December 11, 2013in Civic Skinny
Tyler Olson flounders. Nigerian scam works. Tirrell owes $96,656. Field of Nightmares?
“What I’ve always really most admired about Tyler is he’s a family guy,” Tyler Olson’s wife, Sarah, says in a campaign video supporting her husband’s effort to get the Democratic nomination to run against Gov. Terry Branstad. She and the couple’s two young children figure prominently in the video. Perhaps
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Posted December 11, 2013in Your View
Ode to Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, too
Thank you for your article, “Women of the Cloth” (Nov. 28). I would like to add another event that happened in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America this year. Elizabeth Eaton, who was previously bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA, is now the presiding bishop of the
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