A coffeehouse Q&A with Biden
The former vice president talks small-town retail, future of ag and nuclear arms. American agriculture can get to net-zero carbon emissions and make money doing it while still feeding the [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Knives Out’
A whodunit with a lot on its mind besides catching a killer Director Rian Johnson shows his love for the murder mystery genre but avoids falling into its predictable plot [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Ingersoll scene still evolving
Bartender’s Handshake and Lucky Lotus add personality to Des Moines’ most eccentric street. No other restaurant neighborhood in Des Moines has changed more, and more often, than Ingersoll Boulevard. It [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Killing orcs while complaining about your boss and warping around the galaxy
Local Dungeon Master Paul Privitera works to build the popularity of polyhedral dice in central Iowa. Maybe you pretend that Earth’s oceans have flooded, the ice caps have melted, the [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
The real free stuff
A little love here, a little push there, a little encouragement wherever it was needed. “So, you want to try the Fernet?” the bartender asked as he leaned across the [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
‘Superstar’ truly is
50th anniversary tour visits Des Moines. Anyone who has followed the world of musical theater for any length of time recalls the opening rock guitar riff that signaled a dynamically [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Des Moines Forgotten
2000 Forest Avenue
So’s Your Mother and The Laughing Iguana Most of my faithful readers are aware of my weekly music program on 98.9 FM KFMG called “Iowa Basement Tapes” — a show [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
19 years to go
A grandpa’s legacy: “The Moraine Collection” Mr. Harry Pittman, Jr. knew beans about baseball cards, but the bubblegum card collecting craze was peaking in 1988, and his 8-year-old grandson, Adam [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Financial Strategies
Boosting Return on Surplus Corporate Capital
Recent interest rate compression has left many in the C Suite scratching their heads on how to access reasonable rates of return for corporate held assets. These accounts may be [...]
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January 01, 2020 by Brent Antisdel
in Walks of Life
