Category Archives: Blogs

Watch What You Post Usually when you post something online, it's there for the world to see. But there are some entities that post things to a website that can only be seen by folks with a special pas...

Beyond 46 Republican presidential candidate Ryan Binkley joined us for an "Iowa Talking Points" program last week, which you can hear on KXEL in a few weeks, part of our new series of those programs a...

A Caucus, Instead There have been lots of conversations the past few years about the merits of caucuses versus primaries. Iowa has traditionally been a caucus state; we tried a presidential primary el...

The Cost Per Family The term "Bidenomics" has been thrown around...terms like that spring up during election years. And depending on what side of the political aisle you're on, it means different thin...

It's Not A Noose, It's A Lasso When news came last Friday that the attorney general had appointed a special counsel in the various Hunter Biden cases, some thought that was a bad sign for the First So...

The Big Ones The first day of the Iowa State Fair was held yesterday, and in many respects, the judging during day one is the biggest of the event...literally. The Big Ram contest was held...and "Rasc...

What's a Good Job? Work is a good thing, regardless of the form it takes. No job is better or worse than another. There's something satisfying about doing a job well, whether you sit at a keyboard or ...

The Traveler's Final Journey Judging from reaction on social media and elsewhere, many folks in Eastern Iowa felt like they lost a friend when they heard the news that Cary J. Hahn had passed away las...

It's About Respect Above all else, I have tried to make sure that nothing you hear on this radio station is a waste of your time. You may not like the guest or the program, you may not agree with thei...

It's Caucus Cookout Time Last summer, as part of KXEL's 80th birthday celebration, we hosted a birthday picnic...and despite the very hot weather that day in June, KXEL listeners turned out in force. ...