“Sonic the Hedgehog 2” PG | 122 minutes Director: Jeff Fowler Stars: Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is ready for more freedom, and Tom and Maddie agree to leave him home while they go on vacation. But, no sooner are they gone, Dr.
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April 06, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Lunch With...
Miriam Erickson Brown has been CEO of Anderson Erickson Dairy since 2006. She is also a major player in all things American dairy — chair of the International Dairy Foods Association and the Milk Industry Foundation Board, a board member of The Innovation Center for US Dairy, and a longtime
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April 05, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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March 29, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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March 28, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
A bill has been proposed in the Iowa Senate that would give enormous power to a minority in the Iowa Legislature. Not a racial, gendered, religious or ethnic minority, but a minority that would constitute just one-third of either legislative house. The bill, Senate Study Bill 3064, which last week
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March 28, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
Through history, some political leaders have been outstanding orators. Boy, could they talk. They knew how to mobilize and move people with their words. Think of Franklin Roosevelt and, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Or Ronald Reagan and, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
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March 22, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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March 22, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
Last week was Sunshine Week in the United States. It was not in Russia. The American Society of News Editors established Sunshine Week in 2005 to emphasize the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. It celebrates the First Amendment’s requirement that “Congress shall make
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March 17, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
I’m sitting here trying to write a column about Ukraine that makes sense. It’s hard to know where to start. A few nations are blessed, or cursed, to be situated strategically between two or more superpowers, and consequently to suffer occupation after occupation with accompanying damage and death. Ukraine, the
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March 15, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
From the dynamic MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts
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