April 22, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
As we approach the second anniversary of a tragedy that shocked the people of Davenport and brought national attention to the issue of building safety, government secrecy continues to cloud public understanding of just what happened and who to hold accountable. The tragedy occurred a few minutes before 5 p.m.
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April 17, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
It’s called “collective punishment” when an entire group or community is sanctioned for an act of one member, or a few of them. It’s a form of bullying. The punished group generally has no connection with the perpetrator other than living in the same area, with no control over the
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April 15, 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. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library –
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April 14, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
A constitutional showdown taking shape in southern Iowa’s Decatur County could put taxpayers on the hook financially to defend the county’s efforts to silence a critic of public officials there. The Institute for Justice, a national nonprofit law firm, wrote Decatur County Attorney Alan Wilson last week expressing its concerns
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April 10, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Rarely, if ever, has Iowa’s congressional delegation found itself situated to alter the course of America’s economy. But right now it can, and one of the six in the delegation has already taken a first step to do so. President Donald Trump last week, on April 2, imposed harsh tariffs
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April 08, 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. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz
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April 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
There are few comparisons—maybe none—in American history to what President Donald Trump proposes for takeover of Greenland by the United States. Trump refuses to rule out military conquest of the huge Arctic island. Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, has not attacked us. Denmark has not attacked us. Neither Greenland
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
The Iowa Cubs team is an institution in Des Moines. I-Cub fans pack the ballpark all season long and even watch at home. The fan loyalty is evidenced by CITYVIEW readers who voted for the Cubbies as the Best Local Sports Team and Best Local Outdoor Sporting Event for yet
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 3
After a challenging season in 2024, the Iowa Barnstormers are looking to make a comeback for 2025. Barnstormers Head Coach Dave Mogensen and his club entered the season after a 5-11 performance by the Indoor Football League team in 2024. They missed the playoffs by just two games last year.
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April 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
Growing up in 1950s Des Moines, my family’s backdoor neighbor was an elderly German professor of Humanities at Grinnell College. Because our backyards were our baseball fields, we kids had several run-ins with the prof whenever we tried to retrieve foul balls from his fenced-in yard. “Get out of
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