February 12, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Voters have busy lives — families to care for, jobs demanding their attention, bills to worry about. So, they can be forgiven if they do not closely track their government leaders’ statements and actions. Sometimes voters may find discrepancies between what politicians say and what they do. Here is one
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February 08, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
I don’t remember when or where I learned The National Anthem, or the other American patriotic songs, or The Pledge of Allegiance. I know I was pretty young when I committed them to memory, but I don’t remember the occasions or the process. Nor do I remember whether I learned
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February 05, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
One of the fallacies of politics these days is the notion of simple solutions. Regardless of whether the problem is immigration, the homeless, gun ownership or transgender people, too many leaders or would-be leaders want us believe government can take simple actions to make a complex problem go away. Rarely
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February 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Congressional leaders for more than four months have been negotiating a major agreement to fund military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan; provide humanitarian aid to people in a number of nations and regions that desperately need it right now; and tighten security at the U.S.-Mexican border. Sounds like a
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
You won’t find the iconic black and white Best Of Des Moines logo everywhere you go, so, when you do, a feeling of comfort is sure to set in. You’re about to receive elite service, send your taste buds on a heavenly journey, or make a memory that will last
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
What is your favorite true-life love story? Always an interesting question when getting to know someone, it can solicit many different answers. Achilles and Patroclus’ love story has been both cherished and debated for 3,300 years. It was also far more honorable than the love “that launched a thousand ships,”
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
The Iowa High School Athletics Association (IHSAA) and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) bring in thousands of fans with their annual tournaments at Wells Fargo Arena each year. Athletes, families, friends and students alike make their way to downtown Des Moines to celebrate the year’s athletic achievements
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
For most of us, taking a “sabbatical” is veiled as a simple vacation. It is a nice break from work, if nothing else. However, the definition, at least according to the Oxford dictionary is, “a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher or other worker for study or
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January 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Tom Harkin still has it. The pulse of Iowa on instinct auto dial and a force of moral clarity and that defining doggedness, an aw-shucks ease with voters, and a rhetorical sledgehammer ever ready when he needs it. He’s fast, too, on the draw with a prescription for Democrats in
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