Records and Rankings
Humans yearn for orderliness: Where do things stand?… How high are those things stacked?… How far away is this?… What’s the pecking order of that? After understanding where stuff is [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Business Feature
Wireless Internet
Walk into most any coffee shop in downtown Des Moines, and you’ll see laptops open, phones out and patrons typing away. Some will be using their own mobile hotspots, while [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Door of Faith boots Tirrell; Massachusetts jails him. Christensen to head Court; Young pays back taxes.
Marty Tirrell, the smooth-talking scammer and loud-talking sports-radio host, has been kicked out of the Door of Faith residential treatment center where he was awaiting his April 7 sentencing in [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Greenfield positioning herself as ‘feisty farm girl’ in bid to challenge Ernst
Win or lose, primary or general, Des Moines businesswoman Theresa Greenfield rolled off one of the better observations about small-town living I’ve heard, a comment that shows she understands the [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Birds Of Prey’
After an animated backstory of Dr. Harleen Quinzel’s journey to becoming Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), she breaks up with the Joker as only Harley can: BOOM! goes Ace Chemicals. Unaware [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
The fickle paths of excellence and success
My grandfather, a longtime farmer, said that success was like the morning dew, it could settle just as easily on a rose bud or a cow turd. Epic novelist Larry [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Beekeeping 101 with Julia McGuire
“Jill of Many Skills” teaches local beekeepers to be honey-production maximizers. A 5,500-year-old jar of honey — the oldest known honey in existence — was found within a noblewoman’s tomb [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
Another snow day in Iowa
They are a bit different when you’re an old man. The shovel runs smoothly along the driveway, pushing the not-too-heavy snow into the growing hill on the side. The sky [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
Music and comedy await audiences
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire dips his pen into his wickedly witty ink for “Wonder of the World.” The beauty of living in a land of rugged winters is finding the indoor [...]
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March 04, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Justin Moore
Honest lyrics draw fans in. Growing up in Arkansas, Justin Moore listened to country music greats such as George Straight and Dwight Yoakum. Now he is fortunate to be touring [...]
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