Posted May 01, 2024in Stray Thoughts
The Legislature took an important step last week in voting to toughen penalties for state and local officials who violate a key government transparency tool, Iowa’s open meetings law. Unfortunately, lawmakers’ actions may not be enough to reverse the love for secrecy that too many government boards and councils demonstrate.
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Posted May 01, 2024in Cars in the City
While automotive manufacturers continue to create fuel-efficient cars, more electric cars are hitting the market. However, frigid temps this past winter meant EV owners struggled to charge their car batteries. A solution might be to move to San Diego, where temps are consistently in the 70s. But since that’s not
Read More →‘Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos’ I love space. I follow all the launches, the probes, the landers on Mars; I can’t get enough of all the fascinating and paradigm-shifting discoveries that surround us in this era of technological wonders. If you’ve got a penchant
Read More →“Boy Kills World” R | 115 minutes Director: Moritz Mohr Writers: Tyler Burton Smith, Arend Remmers, Moritz Mohr Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Jessica Rothe Bill Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the deranged matriarch of a
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