Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Let's Start Some Rumors Democrats had high hopes for Abby Finkenauer, especially when she knocked off a two-term Republican incumbent for Congress in 2018. Their plan was for her to serve a couple of ...

Nothing Nefarious About a month ago, we shared information about our radio station transmitter and a somewhat unique and important component that needed to be repaired...that's what explains the fact ...

He's Running...Literally At 4 o'clock this morning, Sen. Charles Grassley's campaign Twitter account posted a video, noting that at 4 a.m. six days a week, the Senator goes out for a run. And they the...

Lack of Approval Popularity always ebbs and flows for a politician. But there's been a dramatic shift in terms of President Biden's popularity both here in Iowa and nationally of late. It started well...

Split On The Left Not so fast on that tandem of infrastructure bills pending in Washington. The chamber that has a clear-but-slim Democrat majority, the House, is having a hard time herding its cats. ...

Fair Share Here we go again...the desire to raise taxes by saying it's time to make the rich pay their fair share. Note that the phrase "the rich" works nicely for demonizing a group, because no one r...

Making A Bad Situation Worse I'm no military expert, but it is hard to imagine a plan that was executed worse than the U.S. surrender from Afghanistan. No need to rehash all the errors that were made....

Mapquest Every ten years, we redraw legislative boundaries based on the decennial census...yesterday, Iowans got their first look at a possible new map. The maps are drawn by computer at the Legislati...

California Dreaming A recall election was held in California Tuesday, and unlike the case 18 years ago, the governor held on to his seat. But before too many on either side start making broad declarat...

Self Mandate Not quite a week ago, President Biden announced he would require businesses with 100 or more employees to require their workers to be vaccinated in an effort to fight COVID-19. Some took ...