Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Kabul, or Saigon Whether we should ever have gotten into a conflict in Afghanistan...or whether we should have left even sooner...is not germane to the conversation right now. The fact is that whateve...

Conrad, Big Shot, and the Irish Cowboy No, that's not the punchline to one of Johnny Carson's Carnac routines...although it would have made a good one. Those are the names of the "big" winners at day ...

More in the Morning You may recall that earlier this year, we asked you to participate in a series of online surveys, to let us know your thoughts about this radio station...what you liked, what you d...

The Sophisticated Class The liberal elites who work for outlets such as the New York Times these days have a different view of the world than the rest of us. In one respect, it's not their fault; they...

You Can't Repair Your Car While Driving It I've learned that radio station transmitters are like that. You might learn that the signal doesn't seem as strong as it should, or as clear as you'd like it...

Turn Off the Motor, Turn Off the Light That was the first line of the obituary for Betty Lou McVay Varnum, the legendary Iowa television personality who died last week at the age of 90. And it was suc...

They Are Related We've talked at length on the radio about the crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico. The administration says it wants folks travelling legally into this country to have to show proof ...

How Soon They Forget Remember last year at this time? There was so much fawning and adulation for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that many were discussing the chance that he would become the Democrats' 20...

Iowa Health Care The average American spends more than $11,000 per year on personal health care; that's according to the personal finance website Wallet Hub, which this week released its report on the...

They Need A Blizzard of Workers We've talked many times about how hard it is for businesses to find workers...whether skilled trades, restaurant workers, machinists, and what we used to call summer pa...