Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Debate Over Debates The first set of presidential debates in the television era came in 1960, between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. The medium was still new, but research found that those who listen...

Splits on the Left This is shaping up to be an interesting election cycle for a number of reasons, including the lack of consistent message coming from either of the two largest political parties. We'...

You Had One Job The Iowa Supreme Court scheduled arguments for today on appeal of a district judge's ruling which would keep former Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer off the June Democrat primary ballot f...

Who We Are Waking up Sunday morning to hear that not only had a teen been shot near Waterloo at an after-prom party early that morning...but that two were killed and 10 more injured in a downtown Ceda...

Back to Iowa Despite all the talk about Democrats stripping Iowa of it's first-in-the-nation presidential selection status, it's still a battleground state especially in this year's midterms. Democrat...

Now Everyone's Upset I know I drink a lot of coffee, but these days, I think a lot of folks should dial back their caffeine intake. Case number 1 comes from CBS News. The network hired former Trump Ad...

Teachers Have No Private Lives Well, at least that's what I thought growing up. Yes, we knew the marital status of female teachers because back in the late 1960s and early 1970s when I was in elementa...

A Trip to the Store I make it a practice to buy things in person at brick-and-mortar stores, because of how important they are to our communities. There are times that I do order online, typically bec...

X Marks the Spot Next Monday, a change in procedures for U.S. passports. No longer will applicants be limited to listing "male" or "female" when asked for their gender...now you can choose "X" instead...

Where Were You Before? The latest Supreme Court nomination hearings have again reminded us of the flawed nature of this selection process when it becomes hyper-partisan. Appointments to the federal co...