Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Mutiny Before Unity It's been nearly a week since election day...a true shambles for Republicans across the country. As I've noted, it appears only Iowa and Florida got the "red wave" memo. How the pr...

Honoring Those Who Served It was at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918 that the Great War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement. What we now call World War I came to ...

Election Aftermath To say it was a good night for Republicans in Iowa Tuesday is a colossal understatement. While lots of places apparently did not get the "red wave" memo, you'd be hard pressed to fi...

They Had Thought Of That These days, I don't often get the chance to go out and cover campaign events; doing a three hour daily show plus everything else makes that logistically difficult. It really i...

It's Finally Here The polls are now open for election day voting in Iowa; they'll remain open until 8 p.m. tonight. That's when KXEL's election night coverage will start, and we hope you'll join us on...

Ticket Splitting Some folks who analyze some of these key races in other states make presumptions that often don't ring true in Iowa. For example, they assume that since the Republican is ahead in the...

Advance Warnings There are coincidences--and then there are some things beyond mere coincidence. You decide in which category this falls. A warning popped up at the top of my Twitter feed Wednesday. W...

He Did That You've heard about the stickers that folks were pasting on gas pumps...the ones that show a picture of Joe Biden pointing to the amount you're paying for gas and the phrase "I Did That!" F...

Off the Grid Do you ever feel like you have had enough of people and just want to get away from the world? Happens to me a fair amount. Well, if so...you are in the right place. That's because Iowa is...

We Already Do That If you've been to the grocery store any time within the past year and a half, you know that prices on most items have gone through the roof. You pay more, but get less. Every trip i...