December 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
There seems to be a lack of consistency — if not outright contradictions — in the president’s messaging on drug trafficking into the United States. Recent news headlines bear out the disconnect between what the president says and what he does. One thing is certain: Donald Trump’s mixed messaging is
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November 27, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Most of the top leaders of both political parties converged on Washington’s National Cathedral a week ago to honor the memory of former Vice President Dick Cheney at his funeral service. As former President George W. Bush’s Veep from 2001 to 2009, Cheney played a key role on foreign and
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November 25, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning indie radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – “The proper function of (wo)man is to live,
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November 24, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
While the text of the Iowa Constitution lacks the prominence of that adopted by our nation’s Founding Fathers, people from Ackley to Zwingle and points in between should track down a copy and give it a read. Buried away in the document adopted by Iowa voters in 1857, they will
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November 20, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Thanksgiving gets short shrift these days. The Christmas commercialism colossus, burgeoning every year, now occupies a super-sized chunk of November that used to be the province of the Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas backloads ever-farther into autumn, diverting attention from what once was an appropriate pause for gratitude between harvest and the
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November 18, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning indie radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. Quote of the Week – “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
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November 13, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
By the time you read this column, it may be irrelevant. I hope so. But I doubt it. Assuming the federal government is still partially shut down by the column’s publication on Thursday, November 13, we will have endured it for 44 days, a month and a half since it
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November 11, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Events last week in Chicago and Washington and at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport provide stark reminders that our nation’s leaders have seemingly forgotten a biblical command around for the ages. It is one Robert Ray followed during his tenure as Iowa governor, which ended some 42 years ago.
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November 06, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Kathy and I live in an old house in Jefferson (apparent construction year 1901). It’s the house my parents bought in 1944, and it was my childhood home. My folks sold it about 28 years later and moved some 20 miles south to their new home on Lake Panorama. The
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November 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
The 2024 season was less than ideal for the Iowa Wolves. For the second season in a row, the squad only won seven games, compiling a 7-27 record in back-to-back seasons, and the third season in a row when the squad failed to hit double-digit wins. G-League teams are not
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