From the Los Angeles Times: Protesters descended Tuesday on Condit Elementary School in Claremont, tersely arguing over the construction-paper pilgrim …
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From the Los Angeles Times: Protesters descended Tuesday on Condit Elementary School in Claremont, tersely arguing over the construction-paper pilgrim …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 21, 2008 12:04 pm6308d ago
Bud Light is losing its world title, to a Chinese lager called “Snow.” From The Guardian: The self-styled king of …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2008 4:37 pm6308d ago
After being seen smoking by a Des Moines Register reporter in a state-owned vehicle (a “workplace” under the statewide smoking …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2008 3:04 pm6309d ago
Reading a Slate article on mail carriers who hide mail to avoid delivering it. Reading a Micheal Kinsley column urging us …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2008 1:45 pm6309d ago
From the Washington Post: Incoming first lady Michelle Obama has tapped Jackie Norris, President-elect Barack Obama’s Iowa state director to …
Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2008 10:12 am6309d ago
The Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission has offered its top job to its first choice. But who could the new …
Staff Columnists Nov. 18, 2008 9:37 am6311d ago
…the Iowa Lottery gets two bucks. From the lottery: DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Lottery is celebrating the classic …
Staff Columnists Nov. 17, 2008 11:55 am6312d ago
Was there a more heartbreaking news story over the weekend than Jeff Zeleny’s New York Times Sunday pieceon how Barack …
Staff Columnists Nov. 12, 2008 1:50 pm6317d ago
From the NY Times’ Caucus Blog: CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama won’t be attending this weekend’s global economic summit hosted …
Staff Columnists Nov. 12, 2008 9:48 am6317d ago
A pair of Davenport boys cash in on a simply brilliant invention. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Why didn’t we think of it? …
Staff Columnists Nov. 11, 2008 9:07 am6318d ago
I’m off my feet for a few days after having a “minor medical procedure.” Oh, well, what the hell, I had …
Staff Columnists Nov. 6, 2008 2:25 pm6323d ago
Hiawatha Republican State Rep. Kraig Paulsen wants to be House Minority Leader, according to the DM Register: Republican Christopher Rants …
Staff Columnists Nov. 3, 2008 4:54 pm6325d ago
Good things will happen on Election Day, no matter who wins. I swear it. If McCain Wins: 1. Polling will …
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