Kyle Munson

Sep 1, 2024 | iowawriters.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Ty Rushing |Dennis J. Goldford |Kyle Munson

National Politics….Iowa Congressional Politics….Local Politics…Around Iowa….Sports…Food, Entertainment & Travel….Cars and Transportation…History….Weather and Environment…Travel…Humor….PoetryWe are delighted to welcome the wit and wisdom of and his new column, Ty’s Take.

Dec 19, 2023 | omahadailyrecord.com | Kyle Munson |Nikki Palmer

December brings the barrage of an inescapable seasonal ritual. Of course, I’m talking about the tendency for people—many perhaps too woozy on eggnog — to try to sum up the previous year and/or predict the year ahead. Lately, I’ve obsessed about how we’re drowning in commentary and opinions on every platform — including TikTok, now the hot news source — even as we’re starved for rigorous original reporting among the rampant closure of local newsrooms. So, I turned to ChatGPT for solace.

Dec 10, 2023 | iowacapitaldispatch.com | Kyle Munson

December brings the barrage of an inescapable seasonal ritual. Of course, I’m talking about the tendency for people—many perhaps too woozy on eggnog — to try to sum up the previous year and/or predict the year ahead. Lately, I’ve obsessed about how we’re drowning in commentary and opinions on every platform — including TikTok, now the hot news source — even as we’re starved for rigorous original reporting among the rampant closure of local newsrooms. So, I turned to ChatGPT for solace.

Apr 5, 2023 | iowacapitaldispatch.com | Kyle Munson

Such prescient timing is beyond the scheduling prowess of any lecture committee: On the very day the first indictment of a sitting or former United States president was unsealed in district court in New York, the journalist most famous for thwarting abuse of presidential power delivered a free lecture in Des Moines.

Feb 1, 2023 | stormlake.com | Kyle Munson

The young bicyclist was hungry for freedom. Eager to chase adventure along the open road. It was the summer of 1973 in northwest Iowa. By week, Stephen Gaul, 18, toiled for a moving company. On weekends the young guy from the town of Spencer worked a second, sunny job at Manhattan Beach Resort, 22 miles north on the shores of West Okoboji Lake. Gaul’s story offers yet more irrefutable proof of why the bicycle is the world’s perfect carbon-neutral transportation—simultaneously practical and magical.