November 30, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Duffy
November 30, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Collections & Hobbies
Roller derbies and cornbabies
Full-contact sport on wheels When Katie Akin moved to Des Moines in 2019, she didn’t know a single soul in town. Then, in a Starbucks bathroom, she saw a poster advertising a local roller derby. It could be fun, she thought, so why not? Her first practice came with a
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November 30, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Cars in the City
To Infiniti… and beyond
“To infinity… and beyond” is a quote from Buzz Lightyear in “Toy Story.” This article may as well read, “To the Infiniti dealership… and go beyond ordinary.” Because that’s what the carmaker strives to do — stand out among luxury brands. The 2023 Infiniti QX60 is redesigned. After a pandemic
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November 29, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
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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November 29, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
Message hasn’t changed: You must serve the customer
A couple of generations ago, an up-and-coming Arkansas retailer was spreading out across America, and Kenneth Stone was inundated with requests to speak around Iowa and far beyond about the company. Stone was an economics professor at Iowa State University. His expertise was retail sales and business management. Merchants and
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November 24, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
11/24/22
A little more than four years ago—on October 2, 2018—prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, 59, was murdered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi had been living in the United States for a number of years and writing for prestigious publications, especially the Washington Post. Both
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November 21, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
Rural Iowa should brace for school ‘vouchers’
It won’t be long before empty parking spaces near the Iowa Capitol will be as hard to find as a compromise between Democrats and Republicans. The Legislature returns to Des Moines on Jan. 9, more firmly in Republican control than it was on May 24, when this year’s session ended.
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November 17, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
11/17/22
Iowa is a red state. Period. The Republican victories in the state last week rivaled the GOP’s dominance in Iowa back in the years following the Civil War, when most Iowans connected Democrats to the Southern rebellion. Both houses of the Iowa legislature now have Republican majorities of about two
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November 15, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
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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November 10, 2022 by Beckham Miller
in Morain
11/10/22
Unlike everything you’ve read in the last few days, this column’s not about the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections. Well, not specifically, anyway. Because of the way the publishing calendar works, I have a deadline of Tuesday at 10 a.m. to submit my weekly column to the newspaper. Because Election
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