October 03, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
“Reasonable” is a word that is used often in Iowa’s laws. Reasonable fees. Reasonable rules. Reasonable efforts. Reasonable force. But events in recent weeks show government officials are not always following what many Iowans would think the term means. And when government officials deviate from “reasonable,” they should not be
Read More →11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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September 26, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
There was a news update over the weekend about two elderly Iowans who wandered away from different care centers last winter and froze to death. There is no question the deaths were horrible tragedies. There is no question they resulted from carelessness and a needless lack of attention by employees
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September 22, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
What do I do with all my stuff? Kathy’s answer: chuck it. Difficult to bring myself to do. I’ve always been a saver. Ten years ago I wrote about the stacks of stuff in my office at the newspaper: 15 or 16 of them, some several feet tall. I knew
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September 20, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
Growing up in Bloomfield in the 1950s and 1960s, I remember seeing empty coffee cans next to the cash registers in places like Ollie O’Briant’s drug store, Bill Tews’ coffee shop and Isham Pottorff’s gas station. The cans had handwritten signs taped to the side — a common
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September 15, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
For ages, Americans have demonstrated their fascination with British royalty. Maybe it’s because we don’t possess that institution ourselves. Maybe it’s a result of our childhood stories about kings, queens, princes and princesses. Maybe it’s simply voyeuristic enjoyment of pomp and all that accompanies it. But whatever the cause, we’re
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September 14, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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September 14, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
Televisions are getting larger, but that does not make it easier to decipher the political ads that are as common these days as gnats at a picnic. There is one thing we should understand about these ads: Their purpose is not to educate voters or inform them about the finer
Read More →11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central Time. Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM; Simultaneously streaming globally through www.kfmg.org From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news. — John Busbee for The Culture
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September 06, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
These days, I stand in front of audiences and engage in what is politely called “public speaking” more often than even Mr. Gentry ever imagined when I showed up at his office door 55 years ago with a bug-eyed expression of concern. Mr. Gentry was the guidance counselor at Davis
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