What’s frightening us this week? 1. Measles. From The Gazette: A national measles outbreak has state officials urging Iowans to make …
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What’s frightening us this week? 1. Measles. From The Gazette: A national measles outbreak has state officials urging Iowans to make …
May 6, 2008 Level: Low (Actually, more odd and amusing than awkward) Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and House Speaker …
Nobody really believes all that ridiculous “Obama is a Muslim” smear-mongering, right? From the Chicago Tribune Swamp blog: As Obama …
5. Road trip — Spent Saturday and part of Sunday at my parents’ house. Sunday was a beautiful day for a …
Pretty light week, mail-wise. My Sunday column offering praise for New Bohemia revitalization efforts along Third Street southeast of downtown …
From Bloomberg: May 2 (Bloomberg) — Hillary Clinton and John McCain are both pushing a “gas-tax holiday” to give consumers …
5. Miley Cyrus — Lot’s of folks are very worked up about the cultural implications of the 15-year-old pop star’s …
House Minority Leader Christopher Rants, R-Sioux City, stopped by this morning to give his take on the 2008 legislative session. …
I’ve joined The Headliners (team 1), the newsroom’s rec league softball juggernaut. Sunday was our first practice, the first time in …
So just how long has the campaign for the Democratic nomination lasted? From the New York Times Caucus blog: For …
A celebration of the convergence of prom season and the end of the Legislative session. 10. Be My Big Taxin’ Nanny …
Anyone who knows me well knows that nearly every day, I have what I call an “awkward moment.” Some are minor …
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