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As seen in an actual commercial! (For Carmax, but still.) Welcome to the winter premiere in the fifth season of America’s inescapable reality show, “The 2016 Election.”  The 2020 election cycle is the first in five that I did not … Continue reading →

Before, states seeking to usurp Iowa and New Hampshire as the first-in-the-nation for primary cycles would move their elections forward in the calendar in a game of chicken. Now there’s a simpler, yet more insidious method: Early voting. Minnesota voters … Continue reading →

Am I living in one or are they living under one? From Wednesday. WATCH: Adam Schiff was an answer on "Jeopardy!" and none of the contestants knew who he was https://t.co/4A8AA2R1kW pic.twitter.com/a693uJV4kJ — The Hill (@thehill) January 16, 2020 If … Continue reading →

(May not work in older browsers. Sorry.) Klobuchar shows off her ability to list all fifty states in 30 seconds! ???????? pic.twitter.com/9rgPnWHdLz — Behind 2020 (@Behind2020) January 8, 2020 “Have any of the other candidates do that?” she asks. No, … Continue reading →

I haven’t seen Episode IX yet — I’ve been waiting to get around to it until Rian Johnson was impeached for his high crimes and misdemeanors, or after today, whichever came first — but when I heard this happened, I … Continue reading →

It was 1995, and I was a dork. Now it is not 1995, and I am still a dork. (There was no college football championship at the time, and Iowa State certainly wasn’t doing anything bowl-worthy, so I took my … Continue reading →

Here’s a reason Iowa needs to keep the presidential caucuses. A major media outlet left to its own devices went looking for a “small town” and found “this small town of Newnan, about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta” “a rapidly growing … Continue reading →

For the appropriate time on ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”: I’m Hugh Downs… and I’m Barbara Walters… and this is… 2020! [Someone may have watched more TV newsmagazine shows than was healthy in the ’90s.]

By the time I found out about the Marion Community Band, I had not officially played for more years than I had. But, thanks to all those early years of practicing, I was able to wobble my way back on the … Continue reading →

In case you missed it, a great Jeopardy run (by someone who loves Star Wars!) ended Monday. Ugh. I definitely don't like playing bottom-up. #Jeopardy — Author Jennifer Quail (@jenniferquail) December 17, 2019 (note to self: do not look up … Continue reading →