Posted December 16, 2015in Political Mercury
Cruz wants to end ethanol mandate rural leaders see as key Rising with a record-breaking Iowa Poll surge over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he doesn’t want to be drawn into a “cage match” with rival Donald Trump. But the billionaire businessman — who Friday night darted dizzyingly
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Posted December 16, 2015in Tech Talk
One of the more awkward points in a relationship is when you realize you’ve outgrown someone. The worst is when you break up with a significant other or drop a friend that no longer fits your lifestyle. But that awkwardness is not exclusive to people. While some items pretty much
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Posted December 16, 2015in Food Dude
The second decade of the third millennium passed its midpoint in middling fashion. It was not a bad year, nor a great year by recent standards. It closed, however, with a flurry of new openings that might eventually revise its reputation upward. Here are some of our ideas about the
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Posted December 16, 2015in Duffy
Posted December 16, 2015in Film Review
“In the Heart of the Sea,” the new film from director Ron Howard, suffers mightily from misplaced expectations. This is a shame, because at its core, the film’s story is good enough to be worth a viewing. “In the Heart of the Sea” tells the true story of the Nantucket
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Posted December 09, 2015in Cover Story
It is December, and everyone knows what that means: time for “year in review” articles! Most of them will be coming at the end of the month, so we wanted to get ahead of the crowd and talk about the year that was in local music. And boy, was it
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Posted December 09, 2015in Political Mercury
Eric Branstad, leader of a fierce grassroots organization backing renewable-energy sources like ethanol, said last Thursday that Ted Cruz is far and away the most hostile presidential candidate — of either major party — to Iowa-grain-boosting fuels. Branstad, a son of Gov. Terry Branstad, is the state director of America’s Renewable Future,
Read More →Adele “25” XL/Columbia There are a few things in this world that are unarguably, irrefutably, universally true. That Adele is a huge talent blessed with a magnificent voice is certainly one of them. So in that regard, “25” is gorgeous. You can put the album on shuffle, listen to any
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Posted December 09, 2015in Sound Circuit
Strong Like Bear and Electric Jury are two separate bands, but they seem to do some of their best, most dynamic work when they’re on the same page. The two acts have joined forces in the past to produce some highly experimental shows that highlight the prog nature of both
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A grab bag of thoughts, and happy holidays
Cue the organist: A popular church hymn begins, “Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war…” That’s appropriate for Gov. Terry Branstad and his cohorts, and lots of Iowans who want to ban Syrian orphans and widows and others from being refugees in Iowa and the U.S. — and maybe even
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