Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Budgets Are Ceilings, Not Floors   There's a popular argument that if Congress appropriates money in a budget, the Executive Branch has to spend it.   That's not actually how a budget works....

A Good Place to Live There are times when we need to stop and reflect how good we have it here in Iowa. I come to this conclusion often, to be honest. But after a few conversations on the air with gue...

Scoreboard Tells the Story No, this is not about yesterday's pro football game. But there is a similarity, I suppose. Those whose teams are hated by others often smile and point to the scoreboard, sug...

Joe Goes Hollywood   It was reported earlier this week that former President Joe Biden has signed with a Hollywood agent.   CAA, Creative Arts Agency, is a major firm representing celebritie...

Of Casinos and Carbon Pipelines   Given how quickly things have changed in the past couple of weeks at the Iowa legislature, what I am about to say may be outdated by the time I finish uttering t...

A New Home for a Summertime Favorite   For 25 years now, one of the favorite events in these parts is the Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade, a multi-day ride featuring hundreds of tractors, fun, and...

Not a Constitutional Slam Dunk   My very first professor in law school some 40 years ago taught us the two rules of statutory construction-first, read the statute...second, read it again. That's ...

Save The Date--Number 4 Back in 2022, KXEL celebrated its 80th anniversary...so we threw ourselves a party and invited you to join us. That was the first year of our now-annual picnic, and folks like ...

Losing a Seat   This one sort of got lost in all the news of the week...but a special election was held this past Tuesday and it means a smaller margin for Republicans in the state senate.  ...

Already A Contribution   Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., began his hearings before Senate committees yesterday in his effort to become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. You may not agree w...