Category Archives: Jeff Stein

Always On His Mind For someone who says he doesn't think about his predecessor...President Biden sure seems to reference him a lot. You may recall that in the 50 weeks of the Biden Presidency, he's be...

The Numbers Game We've talked before about the partisan breakout of Iowa's four new congressional districts...but the new voter registration numbers from the Iowa Secretary of State show some nuances....

Moving In or Out The U-Haul company has become almost synonymous with people packing up and moving out. Obviously there are other fine companies out there that will rent you a truck or a trailer, but ...

New Year, New Station Welcome to 2022. It's a time for new beginnings, fresh starts. So in that light...some news about this radio station. This is KXEL's 80th anniversary year...we went on the air on...

Reacting to the New Year Yesterday in this time I noted that the new year 2022 is going to be a lot like the old year 2021...which was in most ways a lot like the year before that. There's so much tha...

The Calendar Is All That's Changing This is the time of year when we look back at the past 12 months, and look forward to a new year and a fresh 12 months. Normally, we can make clear demarcations...t...

Follow the Science...Or the Money? It is entirely appropriate for rules and standards to change in the face of a global pandemic. At the very least, it's because as we learn more about a given disease...

Dizzy...And Not From COVID Pardon me if I'm a little dizzy. Perhaps it's better to be called whiplash. I'm talking about the statement made by President Biden yesterday regarding COVID-19. He literall...

Wish We'd Thought Of It Last week, President Biden announced that the federal government would order 500 million "at-home COVID test kits" for free distribution to Americans. In an interview with ABC ...

Living with Hope Welcome to Christmas...which of course means many different things to many different people. Obviously, for Christians this is the time to celebrate the birth of the Christ child. For...