November 13, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
The word for today is optics — but not the kind where your eye doctor is an expert. Instead of eyeglasses, I am thinking about the kind of optics that result when the perception of some person’s or some institution’s values are contradicted by the reality of the actions they
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November 09, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
“Nightmarish” accurately describes the challenges both Israel and the Palestinian residents of Gaza confront in the Israel-Hamas war, now more than a month old. The Biden Administration no doubt perceives it similarly. The surprise breach of Israeli guard posts along the Gaza border by Hamas commandos on Oct. 7 caught
Read More →From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –
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November 02, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; . . .” So says the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14thAmendment extended its authority to the various states, so for the past 155 years or so it’s served as basic law
Read More →From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, MainFrame Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Archive Library –
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November 01, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Winter is coming, and it’s joined by howls, hoops and a fresh crop of basketball talent. Interviews with the Iowa Wolves new pack leader, Ernest Scott, and VP of marketing, Chip Albright, take you on the court and into the office for the 2023-2024 season. The 2023-2024 season brings a
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November 01, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
Des Moines is considered a small market, at least for media, entertainment and designers. That’s changing now in a world flash-shrunk by the Internet. Before the last 20 years, most Iowa artists with ambition left the state, usually for New York. Iowa was more famous for the people who left
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November 01, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Whether it’s Des Moines city proper or Ankeny, Clive, Urbandale or any of the other suburbs in the metro, pride abounds in the residents who call these communities home. They are proud of the thriving business community; the charitable organizations; and the trails, parks, events, arts and other quality of
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November 01, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Last month CITYVIEW gathered information on the highest bonuses and salaries of nonprofit executives in Iowa, omitting those at the head of healthcare-oriented nonprofits. This month we will highlight the executives with the largest salaries of the top five nonprofits with the highest gross receipts in central Iowa according to
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November 01, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
It’s the defining issue in Iowa. Heartbreak in rural towns. Heave-ho construction in the suburbs. Framing it further, we are talking about rural decline versus the explosive growth in certain corridors, the economically bulging Des Moines suburbs and the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor. But it is such byzantine business that
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