Category Archives: Blogs

Take a Memo File this under the "who thought this was a good idea" category. Republicans in the U.S. House will begin an impeachment inquiry tied to the president and his family. The White House, natu...

Branding You've heard a lot in the news about backlash against certain brands and products for political reasons...boycotting stores because they stopped carrying My Pillow, swearing off Bud Light bec...

Not So Social Media One of the worse named things of the past few decades is the thing we call "social media"-because it is anything but social. Now comes another survey, this one from bonusfinder.com...

Hearing It At Home Both the U.S. House and Senate are back in session after the six-week August "district work period"-not a vacation, members are careful to note--and by all accounts, they got an ear...

Wink and Nod Endorsements I repeated here last week something we've always been clear about...neither this station, nor me individually, will endorse candidates directly or indirectly. It's a stance a...

Disrupting the Narrative News reports this week showed the mayor of New York City essentially saying his city has become overrun by migrants...no room for any more, no city resources to address the in...

Playing the Fear Card I had the privilege of filling in for Todd Starnes on his national radio program yesterday; unlike the local programs we do here, that program does encourage listener telephone c...

No Endorsements Here If anyone is expecting that this radio station in general, or me in particular, will be endorsing any candidates leading up to either this November's municipal and school board el...

Fair Poll Each year, the Iowa Secretary of State offers Iowa State Fair attendees the chance to vote in a poll, at their booth in the Varied Industries Building. What races are surveyed depends, of co...

Meanings for the Day It's Labor Day, and the last three day weekend of the year. We now think of Labor Day as the end of summer. The actual national holiday is a creation of the labor movement, tradit...