Apropos of nothing save the current sturm und drang regarding school budgets and school administration. Remember what its all about: teachers and students. H/T Sully.
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For whatever reason, my 250 words banged out in the 15 minutes between the end of the speech and my deadline did not make the cut for the print edition of the Des Moines Register, so here it is. This was a strong speech. There were some real clunkers of course, the spending freeze...
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I’ve got a busy week scheduled at work. Most of my writing efforts will be focused this week on live-chatting/blogging the State of the Union Address Wednesday over at the Des Moines Register. I also have a 9:30 p.m. deadline for analysis of the speech to be published in Thursday’s paper. So, this is...
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By request of a buddy. Mexican surf rock band. They aren’t a joke either, A supergroup comprised of Danny “Daddy-O Grande” Amis of Los Straitjackets, Esteban “Crunchy” Lopez and “Señor” Caleb Ramirez of Los Acapulcos, and Enrique “Truko” Casasola of Los Twin Tones, MCTF is all that you could want out of a Mexicano...
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Polly Butka is announcing that she will not run for re-election in the fall. Rep. Butka who is serving in her seventh term is the Assistant Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tem of the House. It is expected that she will endorse Clinton attorney, Mary Wolfe to replace her. Ms. Wolfe is expected to...
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This time last year, one could have been fooled into thinking that the progressive’s dream had come true. 60 vote in the Senate, a young, bold Democratic president in the White House, the Republican party utterly discombobulated. Stuff was going to get done. The Chicago Gang was going to steamroll. A year later we’re...
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I grew up in Rockwell, Iowa rooting for the Vikings back in the day when they played outdoors. As such, today’s ass-whipping of the Cowboys was particularly sweet. Like most Vikings fans of the era I considered myself a real Norseman and revelled the hard, freezing conditions at Metropolitan that made the Frozen Tundra...
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Been a busy week. The Flaming Lips have been around since forever. I remember seeing them at the now-gone but legendary Crow’s Nest in Iowa City in the early 1980′s when they were just a moderatly interesting, albeit fun alt-rock band. When I worked at KRUI, they cut a cool faux-rap station ID. They...
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I’ll be “hosting” a live chat at the Des Moines Register on the prospects for the upcoming legislative session today from Noon to 1 p.m. Why not grab a sack lunch, log in and heckle from the cheap seats? I’ll be joined by Art Smith from “On The Right” and “centrists” Steffen Schmidt and...
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