Citizenship 101
Immigrants from across the world call Iowa home. They come from all walks of life and from all corners of the globe. Aksana Barodka first saw the United States in [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
After $1 million in billings, LaMarca quits Godfrey case. Opponents for the mayor? Also: Sex. Real estate. Tirrell.
After six-and-a-half years of proceedings — and $987,849.80 in billings to taxpayers — George LaMarca is withdrawing as the state’s lawyer in the never-ending discrimination and defamation and retaliation lawsuit [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
$1,000 a month for you — no questions asked
A universal basic income is best response as capitalism turns on ‘normal people,’ Democratic candidate for president says. Andrew Yang is seeking to shake the very foundation of how Iowans [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘The Happytime Murders’
If you’re interested in seeing R-rated puppets, you’re better off revisiting “Team America.” Sometimes a movie comes along that you really want to see succeed. Such was the case for [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Cosmopolitan Des Moines update
Who doesn’t love dumplings? A friend who spends time in France each year was baffled about the popularity of Subway with the Gallic people. A lover of French breads and [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your Neighbors
Welcome to the library
A helpful hand for nearly four decades “There is no more shushing at the library,” informs Tina Brooks. The long-time library clerk then pauses, ponders and decides to improve her statement. “There [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Joe's Neighborhood
‘A friendly, honest place.’
“My motto is to buy from people you know and as close to home as you can get.” — Lisa Bean Nearly 45 years ago, the Iowa City Coop was [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Center Stage
‘Fun Home’
A beguilingly misleading title It’s challenging to find new themes when it comes to creating a Broadway musical. “Fun Home” achieves that status, delivering a breathtaking experience based on Alison [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Rants & Reason
Trump sins
Acolytes shout ‘Hallelujah! Amen!’ A trinity of points to open this theological treatise: First, here’s a line from a commercial popular before many readers of CITYVIEW were born: “I’m not [...]
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September 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
