Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Mixing Business With Pleasure If it seemed like Vice President Kamala Harris' trip to Des Moines yesterday was somewhat hastily scheduled, it appears there was a reason for it...it was. The woman just...

Change Is Not Easy   Yesterday, the Iowa House passed a major government reorganization plan that their counterparts in the state Senate had approved a week before. The plan was developed and adv...

The Break We figured it would have to come at some point, and apparently the concept of "sooner than later" applied...I'm talking about the break between former Vice President Mike Pence and former Pr...

Just Leave Us Alone That's my view about government these days. It seems like the more government does to try to help, the worse things get. Some of that is because of government's misguided idea that...

Another Good Idea We always love hearing from KXEL listeners, whether you agree or disagree with us. One listener called last Friday-and I'm sorry I was not at my desk when you called-to weigh in on m...

The People Have Spoken...But Is Anyone Listening? A candidate by the name of Dick Tuck was running for the Senate in California in 1962, but lost in the primary. He is reported to have said, "The peop...

Fine Lines You hear a lot, primarily from folks on the right, about President Biden and his family...he's not competent enough to serve, he and his family sell influence, his son has violated various ...

This Is Why We Ignore Them All One of my friends on the left side of the political spectrum tweeted something the other night that got me to thinking. He referenced some of the pending bills at the le...

A Lot of Disappointment   The headlines yesterday were that the State of Iowa has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against the University of Iowa and various athletic department officials and coa...

Hogan Seeks To Be A Hero Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan yesterday pulled his name out of consideration for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He was an anti-Trumper who says he decided not...