August 20, 2024 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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August 19, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Here we go again. Don’t be surprised if there is a hard-fought campaign between now and the November election over a guy named David May. You may not recognize his [...]
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August 15, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Did the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. United States hold that American Presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for all actions they take while in office? No. [...]
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August 13, 2024 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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August 08, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
During the “Progressive Period” in American history—two decades or so, from roughly 1896 until 1917—a number of states adopted the “initiative” and “referendum” as part of the way their governments [...]
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August 06, 2024 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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August 05, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
During the 40 years I was a newspaper editor/manager, I strived to ensure the staff incorporated context into their articles. Sometimes, in a journalistic shorthand, that was described “the Iowa [...]
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August 01, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
Question: When is a bribe not a bribe, but a thank-you gift? Answer: When it’s paid after the fact, not before. So says the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s the setup: [...]
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July 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
Foreigner has delighted music fans’ eardrums with their sound and style since the band formed in 1976. One of the iconic groups of the golden age of rock and roll, [...]
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July 31, 2024 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 2
It goes by many names: lunch, brunch, brown bag, high tea, luncheon, nuncheon, dim sum, almoço, déjeuner, mittagessen, hirugohan, obiad and smorgasbord, to name a few. But what’s in a name? [...]
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