Posted January 15, 2014in Political Mercury
Let’s say you are on the Jasper County Republican Central Committee. You’re rolling over the 2016 GOP presidential candidates. And you really like Paul Ryan. He’s earnest. Intelligent. And focused on fiscal matters, the neutering of big government. But suppose New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie navigates his troubled bridge over
Read More →When last we saw Sherlock Holmes on “Masterpiece” two years ago, he had seemingly jumped to his death as a way of saving his friends. Since then fans have speculated on how he might have survived, and the long-awaited new season of “Sherlock” takes pleasure in teasing us about our
Read More →‘HALO: SPARTAN ASSAULT’ (T) *** Microsoft Game Studios Xbox One Less than two months after the release of the Xbox One, and we’ve already got a Halo game. Sort of. “Spartan Assault,” swaps out th traditional first-person shooter perspective of “Halo” for a bird’s eye view of the action, kind
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Posted January 15, 2014in Cover Story
As Des Moines’ only alternative news weekly, we make sure we keep our focus local when reporting on the good, bad and ugly of current events, people and issues. But sometimes it’s prudent, enlightening and even entertaining to see what’s going on elsewhere in the country. So with the help
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Posted January 15, 2014in Film Review
“The Invisible Woman” 4 stars Rated R 111 minutes Biography Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas She walks in long skirts at a swift tempo across the windswept ocean shoreline every morning, traveling to her job as a drama teacher to elementary school children at a protestant school.
Read More →Green Death “The Deathening” Independent So here’s the thing about Green Death: I don’t know if they’re supposed to be any good. I mean, I know I enjoyed the album, but there’s something about the bitchin’ Eliran Kantor cover art and the title — “The Deathening” — that just seems
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” quiz! WHAT’S THE “C” STAND FOR? Police were called to the Shop-n-Save at the 1900 block of Francis just after 2 a.m. An employee there said a patron she knew as “Big C” came in, and she went outside to chat with him. That’s
Read More →Christmas may be three weeks in our rearview mirror, but for tech nerds the world over, January’s Consumer Electronics Show is the real reason for celebrating. For years this annual mega-conference has been the venue for companies to release the latest and greatest tech innovations. In recent years, CES saw
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Posted January 15, 2014in Belly Up To...
What does it mean to evolve? It’s a science, a natural occurrence, an inevitability. It means progress and, ultimately, it means survival — survival of the fittest, and that goes not only for nature but for business as well. Steve Stroud seems to understand that. When describing his latest business
Read More →Omaha is Des Moines’ great rival. The two cities have long battled for low fare airlines, parimutuel gamblers and amateur hockey titles. They share much in common. Both towns have been kissed by extraordinary corporate success. That has translated into healthy cultural scenes. An examination of towns’ artistic characters distinguishes
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