Sims works to prove that Dobermans aren’t bad dogs
With more than 300 breeds of dogs, pet owners have many options to choose a just-right furry friend. Yet, dog temperaments vary, and, sometimes, a dog breed gets a bad [...]
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September 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
September 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
Des Moines-based PLC is recording third album
Music from thousands of years ago has evolved from culture to culture throughout the world. The same rhythm performed then is still relevant today and is played by the Parranderos [...]
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September 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Your View
September 03, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Cars in the City
This isn’t your parents’ Ford Maverick
When I heard Ford was coming out with another Maverick vehicle, I groaned. As a child, I grew up riding in a brown Maverick four-door, a barebones vehicle for a [...]
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September 02, 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), bringing you music, literature & cultural content. [...]
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September 02, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
President stays on sidelines after school kids are shot
Even the best salesman would struggle explaining away the reasons for the latest contradiction from the president of the United States. He believes crime in Washington, D.C., is so out [...]
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August 28, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
08-28-25
The No Kings Act should be the law of the land A year ago this month, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, introduced the No Kings [...]
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August 27, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
It’s time for government to learn why ‘more light, less darkness’ needed
Government regulates business to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. That is the theory behind enacting and enforcing regulations, and it is a commendable mission. But, too [...]
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August 26, 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), bringing you music, literature & cultural [...]
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August 21, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
08/21/25
American pundits are prone to designate their immediate time period, whenever it happens to be, as a “turning point.” When the political situation balances on a knife’s edge, as it [...]
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