October 01, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Cars in the City
From the same car manufacturer that introduced the Datsun, Nissan continues to evolve in providing fuel efficient cars. The Nissan Kicks debuted in 2018 and replaced the Nissan Juke. Kicks is newly redesigned in 2025 to include a couple inches more room than the previous year’s model. Kicks is a
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September 30, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – Thanks to Dr. Mardy Grothe, the premier
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September 30, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
I spoke to two groups in recent weeks, and people at both gatherings wanted to know about the work of the organization I lead, the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. If I had known then what I know now, I could have been more effective. I could have advised them
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September 25, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Last March, six months ago, Congress averted an impending federal government shutdown by reaching a bipartisan compromise, which extended the government funding deadline by six months, to the end of September. Time passes, and we’re approaching the new deadline. By now a functional Congress would have performed its due diligence
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September 23, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – With a tip of the cap
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September 18, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
A CALL FOR RADICAL MODERATION Another political leader killed, and another frustrating challenge on what to say, what to do. Charlie Kirk’s death resurfaces similar tragedies from our American past, both venerable and recent, some wounding, some fatal. It’s not a time for what-ifs, for justification slanders, certainly not for
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September 16, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – “Men in authority will always think that criticism
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September 11, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Why does Congress even bother to debate an annual budget? Every year members of the federal legislative body spend innumerable hours in committees and on the House and Senate floor debating discretionary appropriations decisions. Intense negotiations sometimes produce some or all of the 12 regular mandatory appropriations bills that designate
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September 09, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
During decades as a journalist, I had countless conversations with interesting people — future presidents, wannabe leaders, governors, business executives, religious thinkers, crooks, and ordinary folks who made a difference in their own corner of the world. With soldiers headed to our cities and chaos in our nation, now is
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September 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
College football is here once again, and fans are geared up to cheer on their treasured favorite(s). What stokes such ferocious lifetime loyalty to a bunch of guys playing a game for a few weeks every fall, and does it say anything meaningful about us? In our family—nuclear, offspring, offspring
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