UNI student leaders missed important lesson
There is a significant disconnect right now at the University of Northern Iowa. We think of colleges and universities as places where people come together to learn, to discuss and [...]
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October 19, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
October 13, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
The Covid-19 pandemic persists. Be safe. Be considerate. Be compassionate. But, continue to be creative. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz Quote of the Week “He who has [...]
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October 12, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Just leave arrests for law officers
My closest friend spent his working life in law enforcement. He handled everything from minor traffic violations to homicides, with assorted robberies, break-ins, vandalism and domestic assaults in between. Sadly, [...]
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October 06, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
2020 has shown us why America needs journalists
There is one week set aside each year to salute newspapers for the important role they have played in our nation, a role that goes back to the beginning of [...]
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
70 wonders of Des Moines
“Is this heaven?” You probably remember the now famous “Field of Dreams” query, where a man who is experiencing some sort of an afterlife emerges from the Kevin-Costner character’s corn [...]
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Politics in the workplace
Iowa is a political hotbed during most presidential election cycles with its first-in-the-nation status of the Iowa Caucuses. Because of that — and the fact that it is a General [...]
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Deadbeat Dico cuts a good deal on bad land as the Feds let polluter off a $6 million hook.
It pays to be a scofflaw. The proposed consent decree between the federal government and Dico — a decree in which the City of Des Moines would end up owning [...]
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Strengthening Iowa’s place as the first-in-the-nation contest for the presidency
One of the last questions I asked President Barack Obama during an interview in his second term was this: Would he consider locating his presidential library and museum in Iowa? [...]
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’
Charlie Kaufman is undeniably one of the greatest writers of his generation. “Being John Malkovich” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” are some of his most notable works, but [...]
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September 30, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Capriotti’s and La Familia upgrade genres
A friend of mine, who teaches law in France every summer, says the success of Subway in that country baffles her. She asked her French friends “Why?” They told her [...]
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