Posted December 28, 2023in Morain
The year 2023 is almost over, and millions of people around the world are glad of that. Life today is challenging in the extreme for the population of Gaza, and millions of residents of Sudan and South Sudan, and Ukrainians under Russian siege, and Uighurs in far western China, and
Read More →From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –
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Posted December 26, 2023in Stray Thoughts
We Iowans apparently have been kidding ourselves. Somehow, as we focus on taxes, water quality and allegations of big-government overreach, as we wrestle with immigration, inflation, drug abuse, school choice and women’s reproductive freedom, and as we contemplate transgender issues, academic freedom, religious rights and free speech on college campuses,
Read More →Des Moines, IA (December 22, 2023) – The Caitlin Clark Foundation made a surprise $35,000 donation at Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa’s (BGCCI) record-breaking 60th Anniversary Gala on November 17 at the Drake University Knapp Center. In addition to $22,000, the foundation donated $13,000 worth of sports equipment
Read More →DES MOINES, IOWA — Thursday, December 21, 2023 — It took six words to stun Mayor Frank Cownie last night. A linen was pulled off an easel and revealed “T.M. Franklin Cownie City Administration Building” as the City Council’s planned name for the former Nationwide building in downtown Des Moines. The city’s
Read More →Des Moines, December 21, 2023 – KCCI’s Allison Smith has received national recognition as the News Director of the Year byBroadcasting & Cable magazine. The newsroom leader was recognized for the station’s award-winning journalism and unique political coverage. Smith returned to KCCI, the station where her television career began, as
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Posted December 21, 2023in Morain
If you are a Palestinian in Gaza, what are your options? If you lived in north Gaza, you no longer do. You had to leave your home and most of your belongings, take your family and whatever you could carry, and head to south Gaza. Because if you stayed home,
Read More →From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –
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Posted December 18, 2023in Stray Thoughts
I really should not be surprised by some comments that represent what passes for civic dialogue in Iowa these days. The latest example leaves me shaking my head, not just at the events themselves but at the reactions. Mrs. Gentry, my history and government teacher in high school, would be
Read More →DES MOINES – State Treasurer Roby Smith is excited to launch the newly re-designed CollegeSavingsIowa.com. “We gave it a fresh look that focuses on learning, investing and saving with the College Savings Iowa 529 plan,” said Smith. “We want future savers to have the tools they need to get started
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