Posted February 25, 2015in Civic Skinny
Some questions: Who owns AIB? Every Iowan. What if the AIB-University of Iowa deal falls through? Who knows. Does the AIB board have to keep the school alive? No. Can the trustees decide to sell the site to a developer? Under some circumstances. What circumstances? If they use the proceeds
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Posted February 25, 2015in Political Mercury
It’s a line of a questioning most pro-life candidates don’t like. Count our new U.S. senator among them. When asked, they often claim they never thought about it, that they don’t answer “hypotheticals.” Should people who have abortions or doctors who perform them be fined — like we do with
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Posted February 25, 2015in Belly Up To...
Most everyone loves a good night out, as it’s usually great to have dinner with friends and hit the bars for drinks. Inevitably, those drinks turn into several rounds and, hey, why not a round of shots for the table, too? At the risk of sounding like the classic MasterCard
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Posted February 25, 2015in Duffy
Posted February 18, 2015in Duffy
Posted February 18, 2015in Cover Story
Yes, there’s powder to be found and exercise to be had at a number of ski hills and flat grounds across our state. Maybe you have not looked outside in a while, but here is a news flash for you: It is wintertime out there. For many of us, that
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Posted February 18, 2015in Center Stage
The walls of the Last Laugh, Persian blue, are decorated with empty picture frames, a light tan. The owner, Josh Chamberlain, quickly turned this into a joke. “You can fill the frames in any way that works,” he said. “Just like improv.” In fact, Chamberlain would like to see such
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Posted February 18, 2015in Political Mercury
There’s a saying in Texas: It ain’t bragging if you can back it up. It seems the Texas-ism packed its bags, headed north and found a comfortable home in Greene County, Iowa. So here it is, backed up, with engine gunning: Greene County is the most vital rural county in
Read More →Is anyone else tired of seeing sad stories of child stars in the news? Marcus Paulk, child star from the 1990s sitcom “Moesha,” was arrested on Feb. 1 for possession of marijuana and DUI. Paulk, 28, was arrested in Arizona shortly after driving too close to emergency vehicles stopped on
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Posted February 18, 2015in Film Review
There are a number of things that make “Kingsmen” really cool: seeing Colin Firth — master of the period drama — throwing punches in fight scenes; the wonderfully choreographed action sequences; seeing Mark Hamill get some work. There are, however, a few things that make the film not so cool:
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