I pinpoint my first flash of place-consciousness to a day when I was in elementary school while growing up in Rockford, Illinois. I don’t remember precisely how old I was, but it was somewhere between eight and twelve. I also don’t remember what I was doing, but I vividly recall the epiphany–that my entire world […]
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Astrology Forecast for April 2011
FOR EVERYONE ~ Impasse. Whether its parking space, health care, the public library, education, energy or water, we all share resources – and expenses. We need to cooperate and share expenses at some level to get along. This month it will be clear that the formula we use to decide who pays and who gets […]
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Your Town Now: The Month that was March 2011
Is This Heaven…? In a memo to the Iowa City Council, Police Chief Sam Hargadine and Transportation Planner John Yapp laid out the case for traffic-enforcement cameras in Iowa City. The memo addresses fairly standard stuff–a demonstration that cameras have suppressed accidents in other cities, a list of other Iowa towns that have implemented traffic […]
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American Reason on KRUI: 4/10/11
This week on American Reason we talk about the averted government shutdown, the recent updates in the ongoing labor fight in Wisconsin and Vik makes his prediction for who the Republican presidential candidate will be.
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American Reason Web Exclusive: 4/9/11
This week on the American Reason Web Exclusive we discuss Terry Jones burning a Koran and the campaign finance case McComish v. Bennett.
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Andre Perry: The Real Deal
We all think Iowa City is awesome, but could be even better if people would just focus on working together. Andre is someone who just gets down to the business of making that happen.
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This Happened: A Mission Creek Memoir
Pretty sure I lost part of my brain back there, pinballing from The Blue Moose to The Yacht Club to Gabe’s and back again. I’ll recover that lost chunk, if begrudgingly. Because losing your head to music is worth the sacrifice.
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American Reason on KRUI: 4/3/11
This week on American Reason we have special guest Zach Wahls and discussed the class action gender discrimination lawsuit Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
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A John Waters Moment for Little Village
You may have noticed the awesome cover art for the March Little Village, which was embroidered and appliquéd by the talented and adorable Grace Locke Ward. Thanks to Mission Creek’s Andre Perry, Grace & I were able to attend the reception at Mark Moen’s amazing penthouse pied a terre, so that Grace could present him with the original cover work.
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Tonight I bought a Maker's For Amber Tamblyn
Tonight I bought a Maker’s Mark For Amber Tamblyn
Not to celebrate drunkenness but to celebrate intoxication.
To celebrate how words can get you high
how the idea of being out of your mind
can take you out of your mind.
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Sycamore Mall: Stifling Dissent?
Sycamore Mall Management is apparently petrified of dissent, and shielded Bob Vander Plaats from anyone questioning his stance on marriage equality and the Iowa Courts, and they used the Iowa City Police to keep protesters away.
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American Reason Web Exclusive: 3/29/11
This week on the American Reason Web Exclusive we bring you the Q&A section from our discussion of Postville and illegal immigration with Rockne Cole and Dr. Mark Grey.
