First Amendment deserves our respect, too
Sunday morning, government officials gathered in Des Moines to brief journalists about the storm that swamped the city and surrounding area with between 5 and 10 inches of rain Saturday [...]
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July 03, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
June 27, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Trump is wrong about people’s rights
If you go out East this week and swing by places like Mount Vernon, Monticello and Montpelier, don’t be surprised if the soil has been disturbed over the graves of [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Tax-cut effects go beyond our pocketbooks
When Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the large tax-cut bill into law last week, she talked about how the legislation will allow hard-working Iowans to keep more of their paychecks. What the [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Who has your data?
And what are they doing with it? Swipe your loyalty card at the grocery store, and all of those purchases are now tracked. Browse for an item on a company’s website, [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
Legends of the game
Ripping up the rulebook with slow-pitch softball heroes as they share their best on-field moments Slow-pitch softball is played nightly by all kinds of people at various levels of competition. [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
Summer music festivals
The season just got even hotter It’s finally here. The season Iowans dream about on dark and frigid February nights. The landscape is once again lush and green, sweat beads form immediately [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Civic Skinny
What budget cuts? What pay freeze? Coaches get raises, athletic budgets keep growing. Food fight in East Village.
The budget cuts and pay freezes at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University have some big exceptions: Athletic budgets aren’t touched, and coaches will continue to get very [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Political Mercury
Steve King makes his case for re-election to Congress
Protecting the unborn. In answering a wide-open question about what he’d most like to see associated with his re-election campaign, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, didn’t hesitate in spotlighting the [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Film Review
‘Deadpool 2’ delivers on hilarity, vulgarity and action
Do you like wisecracks and sarcasm in your comedy? Following up from where the first film left off, Deadpool is taking care of business the only way he knows how [...]
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June 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Food Dude
Breaking loose
Some ethnic cuisines here are modeled on the same templates and recipes. There must be more than a dozen Mexican restaurants now that serve pretty much the same menu. Italian [...]
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