Sound Advice
The holiday season is all about merrymaking and celebrating, so we’ve featured musical events to jingle your bells and ring (or rock) in the New Year. And since New Year’s [...]
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December 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Notes
November 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
There are things more important than money
I’ve learned a lot of lessons about money, some easier than others, in the years since I pushed a lawnmower back and forth across Mrs. Carroll’s and Mrs. Greiner’s yards [...]
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November 14, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Iowa needs more than big Regents schools
Iowa is speeding toward a dangerous crossroads this week, and there has been too little discussion about what might occur and zero discussion about what the state should do. Trustees [...]
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November 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Trust, safety don’t come from church silence
David prevailed over Goliath in the famous tale from long ago using an unconventional weapon, his sling and a few stones. These days, river rocks aren’t a potent weapon. Now, [...]
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Our ever-changing diets
What we eat, what we should eat and what we will be eating soon. What we eat and what so-called experts tell us we should eat are like airplanes with no [...]
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
The Soul of Restaurants
What is it about our local dining establishments — or who is it — that make them special? Restaurants are so much a part of our lives that it’s hard to imagine a [...]
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
Show Time!
Iowa Wolves begin play on Nov. 2 at Wells Fargo Arena. Coming soon to a theater near you — Wells Fargo Arena — is Iowa’s most talented group of roundballers. The Iowa Wolves are [...]
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
Finances of county-owned hotel? None of your business. Clark Kauffman leaves Register. Tirrell accused of abuse.
How’s the new Hilton convention hotel doing in downtown Des Moines? Who knows? Somebody does — probably a lot of somebodies — but not you, even though as a taxpayer [...]
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Let me go to the bathroom on my own
Enduring some disquieting treatment in President Trump’s Council Bluffs media pen On this night in Council Bluffs, there would be the stage antics, the stand-up routine from the president, the [...]
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Bad Times at the El Royale’
A 2-hour-and-20-minute film with more style than substance A man wearing a long trench coat and matching fedora enters a hotel room cautiously. Once inside, he immediately locks the door [...]
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