The Des Moines Register is the number one source for Des Moines breaking news, jobs, real estate, photos, videos and blogs. http://www.desmoinesregister.com en-us Copyright 2012, DesMoinesRegister.com Thu, 23 May 2013 03:33:17 CDT 15 kyle-munson-columnshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kyle-munson-columns/~3/8ypFR0rDmMw/ <img src="http://cmsimg.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=D2&amp;Dato=20130519&amp;Kategori=NEWS03&amp;Lopenr=305190072&amp;Ref=AR&amp;Maxw=300" /><br />Because journalists always are busy assembling a first draft of history, people often gloss over the fact that we help permanently shape history, too.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kyle-munson-columns/~4/8ypFR0rDmMw" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 19 May 2013 00:39:00 CDT http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130519/NEWS03/305190072/1001/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kyle-munson-columns/~3/0IsZHxPIRSA/ <img src="http://cmsimg.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=D2&amp;Dato=20130519&amp;Kategori=NEWS03&amp;Lopenr=305190029&amp;Ref=AR&amp;Maxw=300" /><br />When Ryan Ahmad signed up for his first trip to America as a Muslim exchange student from the Philippines, he never imagined he would end up washing dishes in a Methodist church hall in rural Iowa.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kyle-munson-columns/~4/0IsZHxPIRSA" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:00 CDT http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130519/NEWS03/305190029/1001/