This April in Des Moines, two venerable art institutions reached significant milestones with style. Civic Music Association (CMA) dropped the baton last week on its 90th anniversary season with a solid mix of memory and desire. Mrs. Elsa Neumann, Mrs. Sam Shloss and Mrs. Arthur Cowles were commemorated for deciding
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April 16, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
For decades, the race for President of the United States has always been front and center in the Iowa political arena. But for the first time in years, the battle for the White House is taking a temporary back seat to the blockbuster state races in the 2014 election. The
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April 16, 2014 by justin
in The Sound
It’s hard to talk to Joe Bonamassa and not talk shop. The urge springs from the desire to deconstruct what he does, in an effort to find out how someone — anyone — who can do it so well. Bonamassa got his start the same way masters ranging from Mozart
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April 16, 2014 by justin
in Political Mercury
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Clovis, a firebrand northwest Iowa conservative, says he believes many congressional Republicans want to impeach President Obama. The only thing standing in their way, Clovis said in an interview, is the color of the president’s skin. “I would say there are people in the House
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books “Critical Mass” By Sara Paretsky Putnam Adult Oct. 22, 2013 Hardcover $26.95 465 pp. “Critical Mass” spans several generations, starting in the years leading up to World War II and ending with the current generation in Chicago. V.I. “Vic” Warshawski, a private investigator, has been Sara
Read More →DES MONIES, Iowa — Some of that huge sum your kid shamed you into blowing on prom is eligible for a state tax credit, although nobody is quite sure just what you can claim. If you look as carefully into the Iowa tax code as Joe Kristan, a certified public
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — Along with death and taxes, add a third certainty in life: taxes after death. On this April 15, and every other day, the IRS is seizing millions of dollars of alleged Social Security overpayments from children of dead beneficiaries. The Treasury Department has been exercising its new
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa — Forget about 13 being unlucky. April 13 is a lucky day for Iowans this year. It’s Tax Freedom Day. Tax Freedom Day is the creation of the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C., nonpartisan think tank. Every year the Tax Foundation calculates the date by which the
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April 10, 2014 by justin
in Status Quote
Bon Scott, the unimitable lyricist/frontman for the rock band AC/DC during the band’s rise to prominence in the 1970s, once sang of life in a band: “Gettin’ had/Gettin’ took/I tell you folks, it’s harder than it looks/It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock n’ roll.”
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