From a raft of regulatory compliance issues to a key staffer with an unfortunate cancer diagnosis, slogging through the so called dormant season has had all the joy of chomping into a tepid corn dog at the Iowa state fair. The stale air inside was smothering me. Much like a pup with a...
Secondly, to cover those payments I would have to monetize the site, which would invalidate the ‘fair use’ legal basis on which I present a lot of the images. So if I were to take the paid option, I would also have to delete a lot of the content, which would then obviate the ...
We need a manifestly fair procedure – a neutral body, unbeholden to politicians, that will reasonably evaluate the alternatives. Fortunately, political scientists have a solution that fits the bill – a randomly selected citizen assembly. The idea is this: randomly select a few thousand Canadians...
The final “victory” rally (when we didn’t yet know if it was a victory) where my favorite photo is of Bernie and family leading the applause for Hillary Clinton (Bernie leading by example to a reluctant crowd). The letdown when Iowa City results revealed the millennials had packed the...
Both Iowa State's Breece Hall and South Dakota State's Pierre Strong Jr. have garnered serious interest and consideration from NFL teams leading up to the NFL Draft. Both are likely to not have their names called on the draft's opening night on Thursday, but that is more indicative of ...
Not one, but two supermoons will grace the South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota skies. Experts are calling this the "double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon." This is going to be a sight to see!
The General Services Administration, working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, has notified landlords that federal agencies will be terminating hundreds of leases for offices and buildings in the coming months. A GSA planning documen
Temporary physical business in a state, such as at a trade show or craft fair Economic nexus An economic nexus is triggered when you reach a certain threshold of sales within the state. For example, the state of Illinois considers $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions in a 12-month peri...
Just ask Cassie Sampson, whose East Village Spa in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, shut down for three months. Offering massage therapy and other personal care relying on sense of touch is tricky during a pandemic. So Sampson reopened with her staff of 20 divided into two distinct shifts to redu...
On the one hand, the armchair thinking goes, having a grandchild may make the Iowa State Fair a less appealing place to spend the summer of 2015. Why beg donors for money at dozens of events a month when there’s a happy baby to spend time with in New York?