More questions than answers educates no one
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. [...]
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September 30, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
September 25, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
09/25/25
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 [...]
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September 23, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:
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), [...]
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September 18, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
09/18/25
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, [...]
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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), [...]
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September 11, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
09/11/25
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 [...]
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September 09, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
A man you’ve never met had advice you should never forget
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 [...]
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September 04, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
09/04/25
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 [...]
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September 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Fall Arts & Entertainment Guide
The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter, and the weather is cooling off. What does not change is the array of things to do around central Iowa. From [...]
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September 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
Traveling Highway 44
I pull off Highway 44 on a chance, turn off the car on a whim, step into a farmyard of swarming chickens with trepidation, and listen to an old man [...]
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