Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Pretty Quiet   It got pretty quiet on the radio station yesterday, at least in comparison with the last month or more.   At least four different entities had paid for lots of commercials adv...

Staying Power Reciprocal tariffs and more are now in place. The stock market has engaged in a major multi-day sell-off. Obviously, all that turns around with development of the latest news on some oth...

Limiting Tariffs   You've heard Sen. Charles Grassley on KXEL suggest he was not a big fan of tariffs. His statement following the "Liberation Day" orders by the President Wednesday said while he...

Cashing In in God's Country I suppose we are all proud of the place from whence we came, our original home. Given the wide variety of landscapes in Iowa, the fact that we have the most productive soil...

Mutiny in the Congress   U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson cancelled scheduled votes for the entire week yesterday afternoon, after nine Republicans rebelled on what is normally a rather mundane pr...

Order in the Court   Iowa's Sen. Charles Grassley is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and yesterday introduced the Judicial Relief Clarification Act of 2025 " in response to some of the l...

Loyalty   It's interesting how loyalties can change with the snap of a finger.   For 15 years, Minnesota Vikings fans hated Brett Favre, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, their arch...

Nomination Withdrawn   After a morning of rumors, it was confirmed yesterday afternoon that New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's nomination to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations was ...

White House Visits   At some point, it became traditional for winning pro and college sports teams to make a pilgrimage to the White House and celebrate the win with the president, whoever that w...

Unforced Errors   I recall when Barack Obama was about to take office, and there was a hue and cry about what to do about his BlackBerry habit. The concern was that he could be hacked, or sensiti...