July 2010 |
| Jul 29 |
Quotes of the Day
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| Jul 29 |
Two Decades of a Reasonable Accommodation
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| Jul 29 |
Restaurant Review – “Serving” the Readership of InsiderIowa.com
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| Jul 28 |
Americans Are Generous, Kind and Caring
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| Jul 28 |
Is the United States Too Huge and Diverse for a Federal Government as Strong as the One We Have?
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Jul 27 |
Delhi Dam Break/What You Can Do
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| Jul 27 |
Black Market Underwear and Sunsets
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| Jul 26 |
Race and Politics
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| Jul 26 |
Remembering John Wooden
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| Jul 23 |
Save or Spend? How do We Fix the U.S. Economy?
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| Jul 19 |
Detroit Farm Concept Belongs in the Junkyard
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| Jul 15 |
Smile When You Say That
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| Jul 14 |
No Drama, Not Even Angry
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| Jul 13 |
Illegal Immigration: Is it the Explosive Political Issue for November 2010?
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| Jul 13 |
Red & Blue Politics: Cyber Threats to Our National Security
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| Jul 12 |
Pain relief through movement
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| Jul 10 |
The Politics of Food and Fuel
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| Jul 10 |
Fishing Boats Photo Exhibit
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| Jul 8 |
State Pay versus Private Pay: Who Wins?
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| Jul 7 |
We Need a Government Yard Sale
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| Jul 5 |
Who Will Win the November Elections?
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| Jul 5 |
We've Got to Get out of There
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| Jul 5 |
Alternative View: “Pretty Good” Choices to Deal with the Mess We’re In
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| Jul 2 |
Happy News From Afghanistan! Ya Gotta Be Kidding!
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| Jul 1 |
Getting Re-elected: The Great Deficit Cutting Bold Rush
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June 2010 |
| Jun 30 |
Red & Blue Politics: Lobbying In The U.S.
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Jun 30 |
My March of Dimes Theory
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| Jun 28 |
Joe Barton's Honest Mistake
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| Jun 27 |
Don’t Criticize The Boss If He’s The President
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Jun 27 |
Lightning Damage News From Angel Louise
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| Jun 27 |
Raw Video - Jammin' in Seattle
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| Jun 26 |
Economic Crisis: Is the European Analogy Valid?
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| Jun 26 |
Aroused Cooking and Eating – The Icon Grill in Seattle
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| Jun 25 |
Money for Nothing (and Your Checks For Free)
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| Jun 25 |
Americans and Europeans are Different
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| Jun 25 |
Harold Hughes saved my life!
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| Jun 22 |
Tugboat Annie
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| Jun 22 |
Generals and Politicians: The Dangerous Chain of Command Problem
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| Jun 21 |
Running on Hot Air
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| Jun 19 |
Don’t Stop all Children from Working
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| Jun 17 |
British Politics - The "New" Labor Party
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Jun 16 |
A 21st Century Prison System
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| Jun 16 |
Poaching Jobs
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| Jun 16 |
"It's my party and I'll protest if I want to..."
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| Jun 15 |
The British Labor Party Opposition: An Interesting Bunch of Blokes and Bloquettes
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| Jun 13 |
BP Oil Disaster: The View From Britain
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| Jun 13 |
Obama in the UK: Things Are Not Going Well
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| Jun 11 |
Throwing Oranges
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| Jun 9 |
A Decade of Incompetence
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| Jun 6 |
Red & Blue Politics: Entitlements in the 21st Century: Reform of Social Security
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Jun 5 |
Stan Getz “Early Autumn” vs. “Ready to Die”
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| Jun 4 |
One Election Altered American History for the Worse
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| Jun 2 |
Do Yourself a Favor, Rand: Stop Talking
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| Jun 2 |
Honest Compromise Necessary for Immigration Reform
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| Jun 2 |
Good Government Equals a Good Economy
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May 2010 |
| May 31 |
Coastal Issues and Problems
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| May 31 |
Compassionate Government? You Betcha!
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| May 27 |
Thomas Jefferson Was A Home Schooler
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| May 26 |
Why We Don't Believe The Experts Anymore
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| May 26 |
Can The Europeans Afford It?
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 26 |
Steffen's music video pick of the week
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| May 24 |
Oh No! Europe Doesn’t Work Either!
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| May 24 |
Academic Diversity on the Supreme Court
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| May 23 |
How We Have Been Wrecking the Oceans for 200 Years
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| May 22 |
Red & Blue Politics: The Scourge of Human Trafficking
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| May 22 |
My Oil Spill Op Ed Piece is Making my Life a Living (e-mail) Hell
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| May 22 |
National Association of Food Carriers
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| May 22 |
Wake Me Up When It's June
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| May 20 |
Comments on Primary Election
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 20 |
What Happened on Primary “Super Tuesday?”
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| May 18 |
Who Are These Fellas?
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| May 18 |
Getting a Room at the Real American Inn
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| May 16 |
Health Care Reform and Politics – Everyone is Ticked Off!
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| May 14 |
Identity Theft Security Project
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| May 13 |
Wilkommen or Buenos Dias Census 2010?
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| May 12 |
Oil Spill Shakes Up Federal Agency
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 12 |
No Protestants on the Supreme Court
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 12 |
Banish Bureaucracy…then decide how much government you want
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| May 11 |
The Continued Thinning of Rural Iowa
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| May 10 |
What Would Palin Do?
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| May 9 |
Better Value for Tax Dollars: A Law Enforcement Sharing Story
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| May 8 |
The British Elections and a Hung Parliament
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 8 |
New Poll Shows Surprises in Iowa's Governor's Race
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 7 |
Who Ate The First Watermelon?
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| May 6 |
What The Greek Economic Crisis Means For The American Economy
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| May 5 |
If You Are Going to Lie, Lie Really Big
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| May 4 |
Red & Blue Politics: What Should U.S. Policy Be For Off-Shore Oil Drilling?
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| May 4 |
Economic Crises Increase Private and Public Sector Socialism For The Rich
Siegfried Sutterlin, Ph.D. |
| May 3 |
I Coulda Been a Hedge Fund Manager
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| May 2 |
What Obama Will Look for in His Supreme Court Appointment
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| May 1 |
Illegal Immigration and American Hypocrisy
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April 2010 |
| Apr 30 |
Healthcare Reform Forum: Ethics, Anger, Justice, Access
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| Apr 29 |
A Presidential Visit Brings Attention to a Region in Need
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| Apr 29 |
Raising the Bar
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| Apr 28 |
What's So Great About Freedom From Health Care?
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| Apr 27 |
Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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| Apr 27 |
Problems With Immigration Law
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 27 |
Why we won't be hearing "Drill Baby Drill" in the near future
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 26 |
The Media and Politics
Video Interview of John Barron by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 25 |
What are the Democrats Chances in the 2010 Elections?
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| Apr 22 |
From Iowa Essays: Drumsticks
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| Apr 22 |
Walking Beans on Earth Day
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| Apr 21 |
Parsing Tea Party Dissent
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| Apr 21 |
Red & Blue Politics: The Urgent Need To Secure Loose Nukes
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Apr 20 |
Volcano Eruption Teaches Us New Lessons
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 20 |
Gov. Culver Under Investigation for Casino Money
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 19 |
The British General Election, 2010: Does the Campaign Matter
Geoffrey Pridham, University of Bristol, UK |
| Apr 19 |
Now for Something Completely Unexpected: Eyjafjallajökull
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| Apr 19 |
Keep Grant on the $50 Bill
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| Apr 19 |
The Trouble with Tenure
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| Apr 16 |
How Bob Plunkett Taught Us to Compete
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| Apr 14 |
Technology, Time, and Transformation
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| Apr 14 |
The Urgent Need to Secure Loose Nukes
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 14 |
Factors Likely to be Considered in Nominating the Next Supreme Court Justice
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 13 |
Evolution of Agriculture
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| Apr 13 |
Church’s Sex Abuse Scandal Reflects Deep Flaw
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| Apr 12 |
Once Upon a Time Supreme Court Nominations Were the President’s Choice
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| Apr 12 |
Wants, Needs, and Universities
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| Apr 8 |
Michael Steele RNC Scandal
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 8 |
Red & Blue Politics: Financial Regulatory Reform
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| Apr 8 |
Iowa GOP Governors Race Getting Interesting
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Apr 7 |
Tax Cutting Our Way to Prosperity
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| Apr 7 |
Amaya appointed to Commission on Presidential Scholars
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| Apr 6 |
It’s not Government’s Size, It’s the Stupidity
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| Apr 6 |
From Iowa Essays: Weather
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| Apr 5 |
The Movie “Brazil” and the Future of the U.S.
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| Apr 5 |
A Fair-Minded View of the Progressive Impulse
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| Apr 1 |
The Run Up to the 2012 Iowa Caucuses
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
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March 2010 |
| Mar 31 |
Reality Check: Obama's New Oil Drilling Plans
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| Mar 31 |
Interesting New Iowa Laws
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 31 |
Mitt Romney’s Back in Town
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| Mar 31 |
Do You Really Count?
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| Mar 30 |
Eating in Iowa: Prairie Moon Winery
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| Mar 30 |
From Iowa Essays: Strangers
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| Mar 29 |
GOP Obstructionist Antics Signal its Demise
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| Mar 28 |
What Caused The Economic Crisis?
By Siegfried Sutterlin, Ph.D. |
| Mar 26 |
Study offers new insight on how human brain makes moral judgments
From Medical Science News |
| Mar 26 |
Violence As a Means of Politics
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| Mar 25 |
VIDEO - The Dodd Bill and Financial Reform
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 25 |
VIDEO - Healthcare Reform and the Future of the GOP
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 24 |
Now That Healthcare Is Passed What Should the GOP Do?
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| Mar 24 |
The Dubious States’ Rights Dodge on Health Care Reform
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| Mar 23 |
Red & Blue Politics: U.S. Energy Policy
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Mar 22 |
Why Should You Care About Healthcare Reform?
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| Mar 22 |
Racism Just Isn’t Funny
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| Mar 20 |
Intellectual and Ethical Bankruptcy Preceded the Economic Crisis
By Siegfried Sutterlin, Ph.D. |
| Mar 17 |
Running Government Like a Business and Other Really Dumb Ideas
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| Mar 17 |
The Clinton Strategy That We Almost Forgot: Confrontation
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| Mar 16 |
Recipe for Fighting the Party of No
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| Mar 16 |
The Iowa Courts
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| Mar 11 |
Gambling on Growth
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| Mar 10 |
To Boost the Economy Decentralize Wall Street
By Siegfried Sutterlin, Ph.D. |
| Mar 10 |
Red & Blue Politics: U.S. Environmental Policy
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Mar 10 |
Rick Perry: Taming the Tea Party
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| Mar 9 |
Toyota: Japan’s General Motors
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| Mar 9 |
Iowa's Foreign Policy
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 9 |
Upcoming Gubernatorial Debates
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 9 |
Mooncoin
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| Mar 8 |
Should Iowa Have a Constitutional Convention?
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| Mar 7 |
(Crumbling) foundation in education
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| Mar 6 |
Politics and Health Care
Iowa Hospital Association Keynote Speech by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 5 |
Information Breaches and Internet Security
Video Interviews by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 4 |
Negligence in Protecting Iowa’s Critical Infrastructure
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| Mar 3 |
Occupational Hazard
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| Mar 3 |
Gun Control and the Supreme Court: The Debate Grows
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 3 |
Politicians Should Avoid Funny Headgear: A Case Study
Video Commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Mar 2 |
News Update: Looting in Chile
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| Mar 1 |
Eating in Iowa: No wine-ing here: Local shops, restaurants offer variety in tastings
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| Mar 1 |
Don’t Apologize if You’re Sorry about Getting Caught
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February 2010 |
| Feb 28 |
Iowa Caucuses Podcasts
Podcast by Steffen Schmidt |
| Feb 28 |
Earthquakes I have known
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| Feb 26 |
Democrats Can Make Good Politics out of Health Care Reform: If They Are Smart Enough
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| Feb 26 |
Operation Twenty Twelve
Sponsored by InsiderIowa.com and SEAS LLC |
| Feb 26 |
Political Scandals: Late Breaking Updates
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| Feb 24 |
On Jobs, What is the Government to Do?
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| Feb 24 |
Pointless Town Trade Wars
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| Feb 24 |
Dealing with the Deficit
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| Feb 24 |
Tet Celebration
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| Feb 23 |
Healthcare May Be “Manifest Destiny” for this President and Congress
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| Feb 22 |
Ron Paul and The Tea Baggers Seriously Challenge the GOP Establishment
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| Feb 22 |
Virgin Islands Greetings from Ed & Sue Kelly
E-mail from Ed Kelly aboard USSV Angel Louise |
| Feb 21 |
Do Not Count Out this President
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| Feb 21 |
Eating In Iowa: Growing their coffee shop from the ground up
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| Feb 18 |
Does Iowa Need Health Care Reform? Senator Jack Hatch Says "Yes"
Video interview by Steffen Schmidt |
| Feb 18 |
Will Senator John McCain be Tea Bagged?
Video commentary by Steffen Schmidt |
| Feb 18 |
Representative Paul Shomshor on Iowa's Future
Video interview by Steffen Schmidt |
| Feb 17 |
From Iowa Essays: Remnants of the Disappeared
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| Feb 16 |
Comments on Sen. Bayh announcing he will not seek reelection
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| Feb 16 |
Arnie Arnesen discusses changing the NH constitution on WGBH radio in Boston
Arnie Arnesen via Callie Crossley Show |
| Feb 15 |
Opinion: When the public doesn't need to know
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| Feb 15 |
Rewriting History
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| Feb 15 |
Palin's Tea Party
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| Feb 11 |
Foreign Aid in the 21st Century: Are Present Systems Adequate?
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Feb 11 |
We Need an Honest Diagnosis Regarding Health Care
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| Feb 11 |
New technology won't prevent more information security breaches
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| Feb 10 |
If they label it, will we eat less?
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| Feb 9 |
The Winter of Our Discontent
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| Feb 8 |
Wall Street Gets It
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| Feb 7 |
Eating in Iowa: Treats for your sweet on this Valentine’s Day
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| Feb 5 |
Interview with Republican Candidate for Iowa Governor Rod Roberts
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| Feb 4 |
My Breakfast With Strong Women
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| Feb 3 |
Cyber Challenges
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| Feb 3 |
Are the Two Major Parties Too Lost to Right this Ship?
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| Feb 3 |
Harvesting Iowa Wind Energy Benefits
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| Feb 2 |
Why the stimulus didn't create more jobs
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| Feb 2 |
Next, We’ll Sell Senate Seats to Exxon Mobil and AT&T
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| Feb 2 |
The Kill Bill: Eliminating Film Tax Credits
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| Feb 2 |
Why I Suddenly Became a Football Fan
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| Feb 1 |
Do we need a health care reform plan for Iowa?
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| Feb 1 |
Eating in Iowa: Score big with game-day hangouts and crowd favorites
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January 2010 |
| Jan 29 |
Is America in Crisis?
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| Jan 29 |
Obama’s Public Rebuttal of Supreme Court
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| Jan 28 |
State of the Union Speech Analysis - a Dr. Politics video
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| Jan 28 |
Obama's State of Union Address Light on Specifics
Column by Steffen Schmidt |
| Jan 28 |
Purchase a winner
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| Jan 27 |
Red & Blue Politics: Analyzing the Republican Victory in Massachusetts
Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull |
| Jan 26 |
Three Steps Forward and 1,927 Steps Back
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| Jan 25 |
Peace of Mind Orchestra plays a couple of songs for the Insider Sessions
The Insider Sessions with Erika Iverson |
| Jan 25 |
Massachusetts: The Democrats Blew It
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| Jan 25 |
Eating in Iowa: Take it to Taki for taste and treats
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| Jan 25 |
ISU political scientists preview Obama's first State of the Union address
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| Jan 23 |
Obama Healthcare - Share Your Comments
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| Jan 22 |
Dr. Politics Video: Massachusetts Senate Race
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| Jan 22 |
Supreme Court Rules Corporations Are People To
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| Jan 21 |
The Grim Choices for Obama and Americans
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| Jan 20 |
Why The Republicans Won the “Ted Kennedy” Massachusetts Senate Seat
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| Jan 19 |
Race and the Rapture
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| Jan 19 |
Good Banks and Bad Banks
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| Jan 19 |
Matchsticks - from Iowa Essays
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| Jan 18 |
Dr. Politics Video: Reflections on America
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| Jan 18 |
Matt Woods and The Thunderbolts play the Blues for The Insider Sessions
The Insider Sessions with Erika Iverson |
| Jan 17 |
Baking brings together tradition, comfort
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| Jan 15 |
American Policy, Moral Values, and The Tragedy in Haiti
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| Jan 14 |
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver’s State of the State 2010
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| Jan 14 |
Moberly: A Reunion Story - from Iowa Essays
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| Jan 14 |
Dr. Politics video commentary on the book, Game Change
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| Jan 14 |
Dr. Politics Video Commentary on Gov. Culver's State of the State Address
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| Jan 12 |
Fly the Unfriendly Skies, if You Dare
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| Jan 12 |
Red & Blue Politics: The States and the Stimulus
Michael Krull and Arnie Arnesen |
| Jan 12 |
Naught for Aught: A Decade of Nothing
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| Jan 12 |
Eating in Iowa: Prairie Moon Winery
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| Jan 11 |
Family pizza shop serves up variety of Italian favorites
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| Jan 11 |
Our Weather Extremes – From Iowa Essays
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| Jan 10 |
Worthless Computer Systems, Federal Contracting and American Security
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| Jan 10 |
In 1982: A Bicycle Trip from Iowa to Alaska - The Conclusion
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| Jan 10 |
Our National Pastime Is Too Brutal
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| Jan 8 |
Economics reports analyze state's R&D tax credits, housing and mental health industry
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| Jan 7 |
From Iowa Essays: The Small Work of Days
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| Jan 6 |
The Return on Indifference
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| Jan 5 |
Seasonal Beers
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| Jan 4 |
No Happily Ever After: Taking Stock of 2009
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| Jan 3 |
Master of the banjo Jon Eric plays for Insider Sessions
The Insider Sessions with Erika Iverson |
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