Category Archives: Blogs

Noise Most of us have had times when we're on the phone, and at the same time, someone in the room is talking to us. Despite having two ears, we can only really handle one sound source at a time...so ...

Trusting Elections There's been a lot of talk over the past 25 years about elections and accuracy. It's always been there, but really came to the surface in the 2000 presidential election, particularl...

Round Two The second officially-sanctioned, rule-laden debate sponsored by the Republican National Committee will be held tonight at the Reagan Library. KXEL will air it live starting at 8 p.m. If you...

The Role of Government The United Auto Workers strike not only continues, but is expanding. That's leading to additional plants being shut down due to lack of supplies...and as always, the dominoes co...

Dress for Success You can't tell when I'm on the radio, but I wear a shirt and tie to work most every day. There's always a suit coat handy in my office as well, because you never know what's going to...

Who's Fault Is It? As I record this late yesterday, the federal government is careening toward a shutdown in barely a week. I'm confident that nothing happened overnight to change that. There's no goo...

The Power of Marketing You're probably familiar with the television program "Yellowstone" featuring the exploits of the Dutton family...what the show "Dallas" did for Texas, and "Dynasty" did for Colo...

A Numbers Shift September is national Voter Registration Month. We spoke earlier this week with Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, whose office handles elections in Iowa. If you missed the conversatio...

Unlimited Spending The federal fiscal year ends on September 30th, less than two weeks from now...and depending on when you hear this, there's either fervent hope that a compromise will buy another 30...

History We've gone over some of this before, but it bears repeating. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed during the 1968 presidential campaign, 55 years ago this past June. As a result, Secret Servi...