Love in the time of Der Fuhrer
The Grundigs defied the Nazis, buying a press and distributing pro-Jewish and Communist points of view. Lea Grundig is little known in the U.S. That’s a shame. She and her [...]
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Collections & Hobbies
Canadian flick
After learning a new axe-throwing technique, Manny Kohl has morphed into a world-class axe thrower. While in the construction business as a journeyman window glazer, Manny Kohl was used to [...]
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Accounting
How much does a daycare flexible spending account really save you?
The IRS allows employees to designate up to $5,000 of wages to be tax free to pay for qualified daycare costs when employers have a qualified cafeteria plan set up. [...]
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July 03, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Duffy
July 02, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts
“It always amazes me how many people there are who never seem to understand that what they have done has contributed to the consequences that followed.” Thomas Sowell (b. 1930) [...]
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July 02, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
What’s going on in our school classrooms?
One of the most common types of violence in Iowa’s K-12 schools does not involve fistfights or guns. This form of violence often flies under society’s radar, not receiving attention [...]
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June 26, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Campaign losers should be thanked, not jailed
What in the world has gotten into us? Through the years, we poured ourselves into political campaigns, put out yard signs for our favorite office-seekers, and held “coffees” to encourage [...]
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June 25, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
“It is the end of art to inoculate men (and women) with the love of nature.” Henry Ward Beecher, in Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature (1855) – [...]
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June 18, 2019 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Catalysts:
“Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.” –Matthew Arnold, in Preface to [...]
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