11/13/25
By the time you read this column, it may be irrelevant. I hope so. But I doubt it. Assuming the federal government is still partially shut down by the column’s [...]
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November 13, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
November 11, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
3 events last week spotlight our nation’s lingering moral questions
Events last week in Chicago and Washington and at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport provide stark reminders that our nation’s leaders have seemingly forgotten a biblical command around for the [...]
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November 06, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
11/06/25
Kathy and I live in an old house in Jefferson (apparent construction year 1901). It’s the house my parents bought in 1944, and it was my childhood home. My folks [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
A new pack of Wolves
The 2024 season was less than ideal for the Iowa Wolves. For the second season in a row, the squad only won seven games, compiling a 7-27 record in back-to-back [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
A city of screens
The first movie I saw in a theater was “Ghostbusters II” at the Showcase Cinemas in Milan, Illinois. My parents asked if I wanted to see that or “Honey, I [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Promoting from within
At Bankers Trust, promoting from within is a core pillar of the organization. To make that happen, leaders participate annually in talent reviews to discuss succession planning for key roles [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Guess which nonprofit CEO earned $4,926,772. See how Des Moines schools are ranked. And quit talking with chatbots.
Each November, we take a look at some of the highest salaries among nonprofit organization employees in the state of Iowa. Using candid.org, we sort by the highest-grossing nonprofits in [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Art Cullen’s new book tells us the rent is due for Iowa
With a rare sense of place, a know-it-when-you-see-it Iowa-ness, Art Cullen’s roaring new book is nothing short of an unsparing mirror for 3.3 million of us in the state. With [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Roofman’ is a charming heist in a criminally underused setting
Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman” is a stranger-than-fiction dramady that finds both humor and heartache in one man’s misguided pursuit of the American dream. Based on the true story of the “Roofman [...]
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Waterfront Seafood Restaurant — a classic
Waterfront Seafood Restaurant is a trump card Des Moines can play against similarly sized cities in a game of “Whose food scene is better?” Its 247-seat mother store in West [...]
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