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A lot of the stuff written about Des Moines can be the same State Fair-based-malarky.... Read More

Van Meter, Iowa is the home-town of RAYGUN owner/founder Mike Draper and now the home... Read More

NPR's Planet Money team is doing a week-long examination of a t-shirt's life, which got... Read More

(an excerpt from our book, The Midwest: God's Gift to Planet Earth) The Midwest might... Read More

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The hardest thing about commenting on the Internet is knowing when to totally lose your... Read More

Do you remember "A Spaceman Who Lived in Des Moines"? It's a children's picture book... Read More

Wal-Mart, my favorite company, has raised the bar again. To get around that gnawing feeling... Read More

Nothing tends to bore people like local elections, so I'll cut to the chase early:... Read More

As a rabid Communist, I was thrilled when Comrade Obama was going to nationalize healthcare.... Read More