Hillbillies, not bumpkins
It’s dark when you go to sleep. It’s dark when you wake up. And the air is only getting cooler. Just when it seems all the signs are telling you [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Locker Room
Posted November 04, 2015in Civic Skinny
High court ponders: When is a meeting a meeting?
Is it a public meeting if the public officials don’t actually meet with one another? That sounds odd, but that’s the central question in an Iowa Supreme Court case that [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Book Review
‘The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War’
The timeframe of this book is the World War II years, the main characters are Henry Ford and his son, Edsel Ford, and the story is how the retooling of [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Game Day
St. Louis Rams (4-3) vs. Minnesota Vikings (5-2) Sunday, Nov. 8 8:30 a.m. CST TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota If history is an indicator, the Minnesota Vikings should pull out [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in…
Paid on Oct. 26 Amount: $150.30 To: Barnes & Noble For: Books Amount: $1,724.75 To: Urbandale Water Utility For: Water and sewer Amount: $345 To: Juicebox Interactive For: Services Amount: [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Food Dude
Doing one thing well
Too many restaurants try to do too many different things. Food writers call this “Cheese Factory Syndrome,” referring to menus so large they need book binders. Last week, I checked [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Sound Check
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell “So Familiar” Rounder Records This is an absolutely delightful pairing. Martin, long known for his comedic chops, is one of the more accomplished banjo players [...]
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Posted November 04, 2015in Tech Talk
YouTube Red sets web economics ablaze
A common Intro to Economics question asks, “Would you be OK with free phone service if, in exchange, your calls were interrupted with frequent commercial breaks?” At first, the student [...]
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