Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Three Little Letters I was a student at the University of Iowa when I first learned that people who attend the Big Ten university in Columbus, Ohio had an image issue when it comes to identifying them...

Fraudulently Swindling People I got an email yesterday from a musical duo I've followed; occasionally they'll send out news of where they're going to appear, some notes about things at home...similar ...

Taxable Benefits In the wake of the Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, various major companies have stepped up to say they'll pay for their employees to travel to another state to get an aborti...

Instant Overreaction This may not sit well with some people, but here goes: There are bad things that happen to good people in this world...and often, there's nothing that can be done about it. That d...

Size Matters I remember being a teenager the last time inflation was this bad. And it was my first experience with what we are today calling "shrink-flation". It started with candy bars...regular old ...

The Meaning of the Day Each year in this country, we mark July 4th as Independence Day, when we celebrate the time in 1776 when a brave people filed for divorce from the British government. The separa...

The Real Independence Day Tomorrow, July 2nd, could quite easily have been proclaimed United States of America Independence Day. It's not, of course, but helps explain why I'm such a stickler on calli...

Don't Be So Stressed I feel I had to say that, because apparently, the world is too stressed...and getting worse. Gallup recently conducted its annual global update on the negative and positive experi...

Pro...Something A lot of folks have looked at a trio of U.S. Supreme Court cases handed down in the past week and suggested, with favor, that the current court is Pro-God, Pro-Babies, and Pro-Guns. Yo...

Come Help Us Celebrate   Often in this space, I let you in on things happening at the radio station. This is one of those times.   As you may know, KXEL is celebrating its 80th anniversary t...