Ames Progressive

This often enigmatic and polarized athletic linguist needs to recapture quite possibly the most sensational and gripping heavyweight battle of my lifetime for those out feasting on processed meats over the holiday weekend. A well-decorated champion used ferocious slams and immeasurable grit to push his burgeoning rival to the limit to no avail as the [...]

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The benefits and downfalls of living in New York stump me in friendly conversation as I can never quickly and eloquently place my Gotham residence in perspective. Despite holding on proudly to that indestructible and self-boosting title as everyday observer/writer/commentator/future author of several award-winning masterpieces, I don’t log my everyday occurrences. However, even the most [...]

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Before I officially sever my New York sports affiliation and lionize a team playing for a city in the midst of a Roman Empire type run of merciless rule, I pose a sociological situation to you my loyal and graceful readership.
Prior to Game Four of the NBA Finals, I trekked with some friends out to [...]

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It’s Beantown vs. Tinseltown. Havlicek vs. West. Russell vs. Chamberlain. Magic vs. Bird. And now, the Big Three vs. Kobe. Pump that hype machine with vintage clips from the ‘80s. Rev the engines with commentary from the greats. Keep it coming at a heart-attack pace before that first surreal tip-off incites a manic frenzy in [...]

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In the 4th Congressional District, The Des Moines Register chose to endorse Becky Greenwald, for what it’s worth.
I have no idea how this one’s going to turn out, but I suspect that Greenwald, with her Iowa Democratic Party connections, and Kevin Miskell, with strong connections of his own through the Iowa Farmers Union and the [...]

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Interestingly, The Des Moines Register endorsed Ed Fallon over incumbent Dem Leonard Boswell, writing that “Boswell’s own record of accomplishment in a dozen years in Congress is relatively light, and, in a recent meeting with the editorial board, he seemed out of touch about some serious issues facing the country.” Then this:
One example: Boswell expressed [...]

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Beat L.A.! Beat L.A! From the replies people have sent me concerning my never-ending blogs, I presume a vast majority of you were born after the Magic-Bird showdowns petered out. I for one began my sports journey with the Bad Boys of Motown replacing the Celts and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar participating in his last Finals, invariably [...]

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Before we anoint Kobe as the next supreme-being, allow me to chomp on my tongue. As despite ripping on the Spurs with patented New York bitterness and predicting them to lose to a quicker Suns team in the first round and then a younger Hornets team in the second, I internally could not envision them [...]

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After casting my 3rd district absentee ballot last week at the Polk County election office (don’t forget to vote progressive June 3 if you’re still stateside), I caught a flight to Poland for a month-long study in photojournalism. Nine students and our professor are in Sopot now, at a small resort about a stone’s throw [...]

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Sitting in my boy J-Ro’s basement the other night following San Antonio’s Game Seven win in New Orleans, I lost that heated passion from rooting for the Hornets in the waning moments of the series’ finale. J-Ro spoke of his disappointment concerning an upstart New Orleans team that many favored to axe the defending champs [...]

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