Category Archives: Blogs

On the Friday, February 19, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Amity Shlaes, co-editor of the re-released volume, “The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge” Dustin Hoffman...

We Interrupt This Broadcast There’s nothing more annoying than driving along, listening to your favorite radio station, when a voice–often mine–bursts in to interrupt your program be...

On the Thursday, February 18, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: KXEL’s Jeff Stein remembering Rush Limbaugh in conversation with Todd Starnes TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara K...

The Greatest of All Time We all knew the day would come...and yet, it hit us like a thunderbolt yesterday–the news that Rush Limbaugh had passed away. Regardless of politics, there are a few fac...

On the Wednesday, February 17, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: David Connon, author of “Iowa Confederates in the Civil War” TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara Legal analy...

The Right to Counsel As a lawyer, I used to be asked often, “how can you represent guilty people?” I would reply by noting that I never weighed guilt or innocence, rather how the facts sta...

On the Tuesday, February 16, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Ed Martin of Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagles TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O'Mara Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness ...

It Was Not President’s Day Every year I go on this rant, but I thought I’d give it a rest this year…then came no end of people wrongly calling yesterday President’s Day…s...

On the Monday, February 15, 2021 edition of KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Bob Rafferty of Iowa Business for Clean Energy TV9 Meteorologist Kaj O’Mara Attorney and legal analyst Dr. Wen...

Respecting the Anthem Last Friday, we talked here about the NBA's new rule requiring teams to play the national anthem before games...this, following the Dallas Mavericks and owner Mark Cuban deciding...