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| Humanitarian war is oxymoronic >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| So, now that the Turkish government, under the fiats of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip "Facebook is the worst menace to society" Erdogan, is running down nonviolent protesters and shooting tear gas ...more |
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| America's war business redefined >> Op-Ed | mollette |
| The recent assassination of a British soldier walking down a street in London was a despicable act. He proudly wore his country's uniform and for that he gave his life.
Most of us are very proud ...more |
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| Searching for American pride >> Op-Ed | ewoolsey |
| AMERICAN PRIDE… WHERE DID IT GO?
During my childhood, there existed an almost tangible awareness of pride in being “American!” In our classrooms, from our pulpits, on main street, and in our ...more |
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| The cure for murmuring >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| Murmuring. Do you do it? Do you hold others accountable who do it? What is so bad about murmuring?
All murmuring is against God. You may think that you and your murmuring friends are ...more |
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| Sequestration is short-sighted >> Op-Ed | lynn-c |
| An advanced stage cancer diagnosis used to be almost a death sentence, but that wouldn’t have to be the case if we were wise in sustaining cancer research funding. If we chose to fund more promising ...more |
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| The two Sabbaths >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| For centuries Christians have observed the crucifixion of Jesus as being on Friday afternoon and the resurrection at dawn the following Sunday. This is only a period of about 40 hours and certainly ...more |
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| Peace not war should be more than a mantra >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Guns, media, mental illness, lax security--all these and more have been offered as explanations for the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14, 2012, that left 26 people, ...more |
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| Tribal warfare consumes turkey-sharing >> Op-Ed | erin2 |
| Author, consultant and lecturer Robert Hall, pictured, discusses the relational unraveling that appears to consume Thanksgiving dinners.
by Robert E. Hall
So the food fight that was the 2012 ...more |
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| California professor promotes Romney/Ryan ticket >> Op-Ed | skidmore |
| by Richard D. Skidmore
I know that my remarks on Social Security will be frightening to some, rejected by some, and definitely go against what everybody has heard and commonly believes, but there ...more |
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| Fuel efficiency at 54.5 mpg by 2025 is a joke >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Peter Bergel
In my email recently was a message from one of my favorite organizations, the League of Conservation Voters, that began: “We just won a major victory: The Obama administration has ...more |
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| Karl Rove called an "embarrassment" >> Op-Ed | ruth-c |
| Karl Rove has made himself toxic to Republicans by his incredibly offensive and dangerous statement suggesting the murder of Congressman Todd Akin of Missouri. Any candidate or network who hires Rove ...more |
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| Defining the real Republican Party today >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| The F-22 Raptor. $150 million per aircraft, $66 billion for the program, never flown in combat, and subject to technical problems so serious the fleet was temporarily grounded twice! Supported by ...more |
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| Debunking myths; be your own detective >> Op-Ed | w-isleib |
| by Warren Isleib
I am part of what might be called a detectives club. We are part of a larger group debunking political nonsense. Our only allegiance is to the flag and the country it represents. ...more |
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| Right-to-Life group leader supports Akin >> Op-Ed | r-hite |
| I made the opportunity today to talk with Rep. Todd Akin because I was so outraged at how quickly Republican leaders have deserted him. After talking with Rep. Akin, I’m even more outraged.
Rep. ...more |
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| Don't let politics dissuade you from voting >> Op-Ed | w-isleib |
| Politics has become a competitive sport rather than a debate over what’s best for our communities and country. Falsified photos and bogus issues are repeated in media, without question, until they ...more |
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| Defining the power to tax >> Op-Ed | jerrante |
| Commentary by Bill Randles
Most Americans assumed that the most important issue in today’s Obamacare decision would be whether or not the Supreme Court would find the Act unconstitutional. But to ...more |
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| Neurosurgeon lauds Supreme Court ruling >> Op-Ed | abuening |
| Commentary by Dr. Ford Vox
I'm one more doctor proud of the fact that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has passed its test of constitutional muster. In this solemn moment, American ...more |
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| Awaiting the Mayan end of everything >> Op-Ed | anita-b |
| Author/journalist David Clement-Davies provides thought-provoking insights into what the calendar’s end may or not may signify. His latest fictional book, The Godhead Game, is inspired by the end of ...more |
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| Repsol’s dry well and the domino effect in Cuba >> Op-Ed | pglewis |
| by Emilio Morales and Joseph L. Scarpaci
Raul Castro’s government’s attempts to jumpstart Cuba’s economy and its own prospects keep meeting with frustration. Numbers of new nations have become oil ...more |
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| Outraged over atrocities--unless they are ours >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Peace analysts consistently call for consistency in our responses to civilian deaths in war. This commentary, below and attached, by a peace analyst is exhaustive yet brief.
by John LaForge
In ...more |
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| Stories of war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Forever Changed Lives of Servicemen & Servicewomen: Counting the Cost of War
by Eric Pomeroy
Nothing is more firmly burned into my mind than the images from hours upon hours spent counseling ...more |
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| Conservative win will setback healthcare >> Op-Ed | monkerud |
| America is beginning one of the most contentious presidential elections in history, and few issues are as fraught with vitriol and downright hatred as national healthcare. Meanwhile, other nations ...more |
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| Redefining NATO's role >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Should NATO Be Handling World Security?
by Lawrence S. Wittner
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (better known as NATO) is in the news once again thanks to a NATO summit meeting in ...more |
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| Hope: Humanity's great need >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| People who see no hope almost always wind up in depression. Hope is a great need of humanity. 1 Peter 1:3 promises something even better: “a living hope”. The great emphasis of First Peter is on the ...more |
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| Excuseless sin >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| What does Paul mean in Romans 1:20 when he says “men are without excuse”? Paul is writing to a congregation that contained both Jews and Gentiles. That fact seems to have quite an impact on the way ...more |
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| Safe abortion care and women's rights outlined >> Op-Ed | cbrigman |
| In recent weeks people who oppose Planned Parenthood, and our mission to provide high-quality reproductive health care, have been conducting a secret, nationwide hoax campaign in an attempt to ...more |
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| When cybersecurity becomes privacy invasion >> Op-Ed | m-simon |
| Our world runs on computers and the Internet. We use them for everything, from communicating with long-lost classmates to managing our bank accounts to buying anything from cars to diapers. The ...more |
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| Questioning unconstrained benevolence >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| What does it mean to obey 2 Thessalonians 3:10? This question is quite interesting to me because of personal connections. First, Paul uses himself and other religious teachers as examples. Second, ...more |
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| Grass roots politics is stomped on in Missouri >> Op-Ed | wright |
| Greene County caucus results prove party leaders out of touch with grass roots
Rick Santorum received 54% of Greene County Republicans vote during the primary election on February 7, 2012, and his ...more |
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| Iran: Lessons never learned >> Op-Ed | ctobin |
| The recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) codified into law the disturbing notion that the United States should approach the entire world, including its own territory, as a ...more |
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| When co-existence is the goal, not war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Our Trance of Separation
by Winslow Myers
The biggest challenges we face all have their root cause in an "artificial separation"—between nations, races, religions, classes, between political ...more |
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| Whitney Houston and Xanax >> Op-Ed | cchrstl |
| WHITNEY ELIZABETH HOUSTON - 1963-2011
Police discovered a half dozen bottles of medication in Whitney Houston's room, TMZ reported, adding that family members said Houston had been taking the ...more |
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| SB439 to make rebuilding more cost-effective >> Op-Ed | rrichard |
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Prevailing wage requirement hinders Joplin's recovery efforts
Commentary by Sen. Ron Richard (R-32)
The tornado that tore through Joplin last year destroyed countless homes, leveling entire ...more |
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| How Obama's ideas impact small business >> Op-Ed | jteasley |
| President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union Address last Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, and several of his ideas could have very positive impacts on the sustainment and creation of small ...more |
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| How to use online dating successfully >> Op-Ed | lynn-c |
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By Patricia Leavy, Ph.D.
Several years ago I saw my cousin with her new, love-of-her-life husband, whom she met online. I had never seen her so happy. If my cousin, a 40-something divorced ...more |
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| Koster's knee-jerk reaction >> Op-Ed | mkelley |
| Commentary byRep. Mike Kelley of Lamar,District 126 - Republican(serving the counties of Jasper, Barton, Dade and Polk)
Everyone has heard of the tragic events that occurred on the campus of Penn ...more |
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| Beyond simple gratitude to living gratefully >> Op-Ed | anita-b |
| “You are being gifted by people and things—seen and unseen, known and unknown—all day, every day. That should make you feel grateful, but more importantly it should cause you to live ...more |
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| What to replace the Imprison Americans Bill with >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| The funny thing about the bill that the Senate just passed that lets presidents and the military lock you up without a charge or a trial — well, not funny ha ha but funny unusual — is that the basic ...more |
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| Kelley's November report >> Op-Ed | mkelley |
| Commentary byRep. Mike Kelley of Lamar,District 126 - Republican(serving the counties of Jasper, Barton, Dade and Polk)
Funding repairs through tolls
Interstate 70 is one of the busiest ...more |
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| EHR technology must be standardized >> Op-Ed | jyount |
| Throughout all of the debates and disagreements associated with healthcare reform, one idea is universal throughout the political field – each side wants to improve the quality of medicine and ...more |
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| Humane horse processing is needed >> Op-Ed | staff |
| This commentary was written in support of the U.S. Senate passing the 2012 Ag Appropriations Bill without riders prohibiting humane horse processing. (The bill now moves to a conference committee to ...more |
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| What procrastination might lead you to >> Op-Ed | gloria-l |
| Each year in November for the last five years I've written an article, e-mailed it to hundreds of newspapers across the nation, and hoped for publication--always sharing facts, figures, scientific ...more |
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| Why the Occupy Movement is sinking >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| The Occupy movement is submerging faster than it's growing. There are two manifestations of an underlying primary problem causing this in my town, Portland OR, and I suspect it's not entirely ...more |
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| Occupy Wall Stret: when media decided to cover it >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Nate Silver’s analysis of news coverage of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations shows how clashes with police have increased media attention to the movement. Silver presented evidence in his 7 ...more |
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| Missouri AFL-CIO supports protesters >> Op-Ed | csherwin |
| Missouri workers, students and seniors are fed up with politicians working for Wall Street while ignoring the crisis on Main Street. We need good jobs now: Our elected officials need to get to work ...more |
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| How sweet went sour: the Moberly Mamtec fiasco >> Op-Ed | mkelley |
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Beware of "Scallywags"
Commentary by Rep. Mike Kelley (R-126)
In July of 2010, an announcement was made in Moberly that "Hong Kong based" Mamtek International would bring over 600 ...more |
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| God's questions >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| Throughout the Bible, God often speaks. Sometimes He pauses to ask questions. We can learn much from examining those questions. In Isaiah chapter five, God describes His people as His vineyard and ...more |
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| From hero to victim in America >> Op-Ed | ed-emery |
| Commentary by Ed Emery, former Missouri Representative
"Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart."
General Tommy Franks may have captured it best when he was ...more |
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| Gripped by a cyber relationship >> Op-Ed | staff |
| After an exhausting day, all you want to do is put your feet up and spend time with the person you care about the most - and then your spouse walks into the room. You close your computer hoping you ...more |
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| The Lord IS my shepherd >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| We believe that prayer is important; however, I am convinced that most believers pray far too little and what is worse, mostly for good things not the best things. The Bible provides instruction. ...more |
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| Will Americans go for any nutty belief? >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| During these difficult economic times, nuttiness floats to the top of American culture and politics.
On the cultural scale, the high-living guru who led five-day "Spiritual Warrior" workshops for ...more |
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| Season of discontent >> Op-Ed | misterd |
| The Arabs aren't happy!
They're not happy in Gaza. They're not happy in Egypt. They're not happy in Libya. They're not happy in Morocco. They're not happy in Iran. They're not happy in Iraq. ...more |
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| Why NEA supports AT&T/T-Mobile merger >> Op-Ed | mike-a |
| At Politico, reporter Eliza Krigman investigated the curious circumstances surrounding the support of prominent liberal groups for the multi-billion-dollar telecom merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. ...more |
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| A little more of the e-word, please >> Op-Ed | mdelphos |
| What a wondrous sight to see the volunteers flooding into our ravaged city. Such generosity of spirit and pocketbook are awesome. So many want to help, in fact, that there are complaints of not ...more |
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| Severe weather warrants early preparedness >> Op-Ed | prophesy |
| What I am about to share with all Joplin residents is done so in the utmost caution, and prayer.
The question has been asked to meteorologists over and over: "What's happening? Why?" and "Will ...more |
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| Letting nuclear energy bill flounder is a mistake >> Op-Ed | kcarlos |
| The most significant economic development bill debated in the state legislature this year had the support of the governor, lieutenant governor, large majorities of legislators in both the House and ...more |
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| Peace intellectual labels revenge obsolete >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Our euphoric national mood in the wake of the assassination of Osama bin Laden may make for a reluctance to look once again, or perhaps for the first time, at his demands. There has been almost ...more |
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| Fair Tax bill is up for House approval >> Op-Ed | tgleason |
| The Missouri House is currently debating HJR 8, which if enacted and passed by voters, would increase taxes on 95% of Missourians. The mega sales tax is unlike any sales tax in any other state - it ...more |
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| When relativism causes debate >> Op-Ed | cferrer |
| A Buddhist legend tells how one day a king from Northern India summoned a group of blind people that did not know what an elephant was. Some of them were asked to touch the animal’s head, and were ...more |
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| American foreign policy: impulse over coherency >> Op-Ed | kjsmith |
| by Jim Talent
The United States is in another war for the purpose of changing another regime. Those who deny this are kidding themselves. President Obama has repeatedly said that Qaddafi has to ...more |
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| Scope of government not size should be the marker >> Op-Ed | ed-emery |
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When "Less" is Not Lessby former Missouri Rep. Ed Emery
Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much ...more |
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| Stopping AT&T's business appetite >> Op-Ed | staff |
| AT&T, the nation's second-largest mobile phone company, is pushing forward its plan to take over T-Mobile, the fourth-largest carrier.
This deal would form a communications colossus not seen since ...more |
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| Power of the rich must be stopped >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Main Street Wisconsin—harbinger for the nation—is becoming aware that our democracy is being threatened by some very rich, powerful people. The super-wealthy are threatening the very core of our ...more |
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| Gov. Walker overstepped his bounds >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| The protests in Wisconsin have focused on whether the state of Wisconsin will take away the right of government workers to bargain collectively. However, government does not “give” workers the right ...more |
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| Tea Party: throwing not tea but life preserver ... >> Op-Ed | larry-a |
| We were in rough seas in a financial boat that was taking on water at an alarming rate. Our economy was gasping for air and the government was creating high waves making every breath more difficult ...more |
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| Support is urged for statewide building standard >> Op-Ed | jbushart |
| On the surface, HB 122 seems to be little more than the usual attempt by the lobby for real estate salesmen to license home inspectors. This time, however, they are providing the perfect back door ...more |
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| Fair Tax proposal meets criticism >> Op-Ed | tgleason |
| The House Committee on Tax Reform on February 9, 2011, during a public session heard HJR 8, which would propose a constitutional amendment to eliminate the state’s individual and corporate income tax ...more |
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| From a Tuscon, AZ physician's point of view >> Op-Ed | aaps |
| Tucsonans are grieved by the loss of family, friends, and neighbors, and shaken by the reminder of mortality. Standing in line to greet their congresswoman, or just going to the grocery store, they ...more |
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| Insecurity of retirement looms ahead >> Op-Ed | bregan |
| The next government takeover after healthcare: universal retirementBy Brent Regan
Another crisis is coming to a politician near you and this one is also likely not to go to waste by the Obama ...more |
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| When censorship becomes ridiculous >> Op-Ed | nicholas |
| "The N word" isn't a word (and why "nigger" belongs in Huckleberry Finn)Commentary by Nicholas Ladendorf
For the longest time I was in a seemingly endless debate with one of my best friends about ...more |
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| Elimination of Missouri income tax is criticized >> Op-Ed | a-blouin |
| According to reports, initial paperwork will be filed on January 7, 2011, with the office of the Missouri Secretary of State to circulate a ballot measure proposal to eliminate the state's income tax ...more |
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| Boehner blitz: Reagan redux >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| John Boehner pries the gavel from her cold, dead...no, but he will be now the one with his mitts back on that power that Nancy Pelosi has wielded since 4 January 2007, placing him again two ...more |
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| Educating "we the people" >> Op-Ed | staff |
| The quality of our lives is often reduced to pluses and minuses. We hear, “I’m having a bad day” or “This is a good day.”
But many times I have heard, “The more things change, the more they stay ...more |
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| Politicians' promises: bluster or truth? >> Op-Ed | staff |
| by Brent Regan
With all eyes on the new Congress and a deflated Obama administration, we at voxverus.com have listed a select group of elected officials who either rode or survived the wave in ...more |
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| Invasion under guise of security >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Article Homeland Securityby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security ...more |
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| US at war since 1950: A New Year's meditation >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| “The same war continues,” Denise Levertov wrote, in Life at War. Her lament is even more appropriate for 2011 than as it was when she wrote the poem 45 years ago.
Columnists and academics, ...more |
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| Blocking START, another example of partisanship >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote this month on ratification of the New START Treaty, Republican legislators appear on the verge of producing an international disaster.
From the standpoint of ...more |
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| Animal husbandry may be illegal in Missouri >> Op-Ed | d-roland |
| In a statement that casts a shadow over this state's entire livestock industry, the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board (MVMB) has taken the position that the state's veterinary practice laws apply to ...more |
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| Threading the tepid waters and releasing the plug >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Article Truths about the middleby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative ...more |
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| Obamacare from a doctor's point of view >> Op-Ed | aaps |
| Saving the “Good” in Healthcare Reform: a Thought Experiment
By Jane M. Orient, M.D.
Some have suggested piecemeal repeal of the most obnoxious features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ...more |
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| An Afghan villager's survival story >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| “War Does This to Your Mind”
by Kathy Kelly
Kabul-- Khamad Jan, age 22, remembers that, as a youngster, he was a good student who enjoyed studying. "Now, I can’t seem to think,” he said sadly, ...more |
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| Guns: No more than – and no less than – instrument >> Op-Ed | jasmith4 |
| Charlton "From My Cold Dead Hands" Heston has been exactly that for a few years, yet no one wants to take him at his word. Long overdue is serious effort to curb the spread of guns into the warm, ...more |
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| Tracing the use of fear in politics >> Op-Ed | mlbird |
| Fear has always been a very powerful and destructive social political tool.
In the 1968 election Nixon's famous "southern strategy" was to not worry about the registration of black voters as he ...more |
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| Respect defined in Biblical terms >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| John 3 is addressed to a man by the name of Gaius. This name appears five times in the New Testament. It is not clear exactly which one this is. What we do know is that John the Apostle loved the ...more |
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| What's going on in Iraq? >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| The End of Combat My Eye
By John LaForge
The press made a big deal of it. The president even starred in an Oval Office TV show about the “end to U.S. combat” in Iraq, which was announced on ...more |
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| Scope of nuclear war today is unfathomable >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Robert Dodge, M.D.
Sixty five years ago this week, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed in a flash. Instantly the nuclear bombs that caused those flashes killed over 200,000 ...more |
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| New model for medical reform >> Op-Ed | jmartino |
| Health care and reform is broken. There is a shortage of doctors, besides the fact that medical students are loaded with medical school debt. There is a long term solution: medical students lacking ...more |
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| Two vital issues addressed >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Missouri State Senator Gary Nodler (R-32 representing the people of Newton, Jasper and Dade counties)
"Yes" vote for Proposition C hurts nobody
Voters ...more |
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| Domestic violence survivor speaks out >> Op-Ed | melis |
| The honeymoon's overBy Nancy Salamone
It was the very day we got home from our honeymoon. There I was, lying on the bathroom floor, naked and bleeding. He didn’t like the way I hung the towels in ...more |
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| Hewbrews mysterious passages are discussed >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| Clearly, the theme of Hebrews is the superiority of Christ. Christ replaces, nay surpasses, everything a faithful child of Abraham would consider essential to the faith. Hebrews begins by pointing ...more |
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| Proverbs 31: Choosing a wife >> Op-Ed | sellison |
| God asks an interesting question in verse 10, "An excellent wife, who can find?" NASU Verse 10 begins a poem that ends with verse 31. This poem lists in great detail many wonderful qualities which ...more |
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| Keep the stone rolling; change the concept of war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Winslow Myers
The article in Rolling Stone that ended the meteoric career of General McChrystal shines light on the thought-process not only of one military man, but also on the dysfunctional ...more |
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| ACP and Modern Whig Party merge >> Op-Ed | ajyoung |
| As the Democrats and Republicans continue to spiral into unprecedented depths of polarization, recent events have highlighted the fact that the original ideals of the Tea Party movement have devolved ...more |
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| Bring educational standards back >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Education is a priorityby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
We love to leave our mark by structure, endowment, or award. What about our ...more |
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| In defense of defense: a Conservative viewpoint >> Op-Ed | k-smith |
| by James Talent-originally published as "A Constitutional Basis for Defense" (June 1, 2010)
Those who have not done so recently would benefit from studying what the United States Constitution says ...more |
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| Alternatives to cutting budget are suggested >> Op-Ed | htodd |
| After a legislative session filled with deep budget cuts, the Missouri General Assembly will adjourn without taking any positive steps to fix the state's growing revenue shortfall. In response to a ...more |
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| Border Patrol: Do your job! >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| by Trent Loos
On behalf of the ranching families of Arizona who fear for their lives every day, I am calling on the director of the Department of Homeland Security to fulfill her duties and secure ...more |
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| IRS paperwork nightmare sneaked into health bill >> Op-Ed | elijah |
| Most people know about the individual mandate in the new health care bill, but the bill contained another mandate that could be far more costly.
A few wording changes to the tax code’s section ...more |
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| Missouri's tax structure needs revamping >> Op-Ed | a-blouin |
| Missouri families living below the poverty level in 2009 faced a substantial state income tax liability, according to a report released today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Missouri ...more |
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| Aircraft carriers seen in jeapardy >> Op-Ed | donald |
| An article in the Navy Times entitled “Strike group mission expands far beyond simple escort” has me concerned.
The aircraft carrier strike group is composed of a carrier and air wing, a ...more |
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| Keep GM/GE labeling in tact >> Op-Ed | jean-b |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have adopted a pro-corporate position that laughably claims labeling genetically modified/genetically engineered ...more |
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| America's new pastime: immigrant-bashing >> Op-Ed | galt |
| We have always been told that baseball is America's pastime. In fact(after hypocrisy)immigrant-bashing is our new national sport. The draconian anti-immigrant bill recently passed by Arizona's ...more |
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| Federal spending adds to state financial woes >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Missouri State Senator Gary Nodler (R-32 representing the people of Newton, Jasper and Dade counties)
Federal healthcare mandate creates a troubling ...more |
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| Iceland's volcanic plume: wakeup call for the US? >> Op-Ed | mlbird |
| by David J. Keeling
With ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption causing havoc across European air space, individual travelers and governments alike are turning to surface transport ...more |
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| Ode to the Tea Partyers >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| Teabaggers hate facts.Show this to them anyway.
Look at the big spenders - Reagan, Bush and BushAnd what did we get for it?Three wars, 5000 dead soldiers,a broken military and a bankrupt ...more |
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| Healthcare reform from a Libertarian point of view >> Op-Ed | t-harmon |
| Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same wrong thing over and over and expecting different results each time. The recently passed Health Care Reform Bill is proof of that observation. ...more |
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| Difficult times, politics and trimming the budget >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The Missouri Budgetby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"The problem in reducing the budget is that every line item has a friend."--Rep. ...more |
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| U.S. nuclear policy; physicians' RX >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| In the event of any public health disaster, physicians are expected to play an important part in the role of first responders.
The explosion of a nuclear weapon, either as an act of war or as a ...more |
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| Pro-business approach saps Missouri budget >> Op-Ed | a-blouin |
| Missouri is facing historic declines in revenue that are only in part due to the economic recession facing the nation. Missouri's fiscal pressures are also due to a lack of action on critical revenue ...more |
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| Bill ends monopoly control of fee offices >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Missouri State Senator Gary Nodler (R-32 representing the people of Newton, Jasper and Dade counties)
Locally run fee offices to better serve the ...more |
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| Speaker Richard places snag in way of tax reform >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Swimming upstreamby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim ...more |
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| Watchtower blood transfusion confusion >> Op-Ed | dhaszard |
| Bloodless surgeries, pioneered by non-Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) doctors, because of a shortage of blood donors, are great if they can be elective. One third of all trauma deaths are from blood loss. ...more |
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| NEA admin is where the bucks are >> Op-Ed | mike-a |
| Not to further upset overworked, underpaid teachers (or taxpayers) but the National Education Association spends almost $390 million annually from its headquarters building in Washington, DC. Its ...more |
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| Trend is set...less saffron quail for the rich >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Lawrence S. Wittner
Decades ago, rightwingers began championing cuts in income taxes for the rich and -- when that lowered government revenue -- turned around and claimed that government could ...more |
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| Tribute to Howard Zinn >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| HOWARD ZINN (1922-2010)
Howard Zinn and the State of the Union
By Tom H. Hastings
Howard Zinn has crossed over. He was a mensch, a historian and a peace and justice activist. He was not ...more |
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| Open note to Sen. McCaskill >> Op-Ed | whuggins |
| Can you hear us now, Senator McCaskill?
Last spring at the Tea Party Rallies you and your Democrat colleagues dismissed the public’s demands for responsible fiscal policy by calling us Tea ...more |
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| Hail to the corporate persona >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| My Country 'tis of thee—Corporatocracy! Of Thee I Sing
By Daniel Patrick Welch
I know, I know. I’ve seen the blogosphere screeching about the Death of Democracy now that the Supreme Court has ...more |
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| State soverignty thwarts healthcare reform >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Growing patriotsby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but ...more |
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| Again the public be damned! >> Op-Ed | whuggins |
| The Democrats of the US Senate aided by our own Darlin' Claire McCaskill rammed through a health care bill unwanted by the public--or, if it is wanted, no national poll has been able to find evidence ...more |
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| Ultimate terrorism: nuclear catastrophe >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Nuclear terrorism: how it can be prevented
By Lawrence S. Wittner
The recent furor over an unsuccessful terrorist attempt to blow up an airliner is distracting us from considering the ...more |
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| Is global warming a threat to agriculture? >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| Add USDA to anti-ag listby Trent Loos
As we charge into 2010, those of us in agriculture have come to realize that we must deal with groups outside of agriculture that want to forever change the ...more |
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| A Copenhagen climate cop out? >> Op-Ed | mlbird |
| Despite President Obama’s best efforts at the recent Copenhagen Climate Summit, a meaningful, binding agreement to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change could not be achieved. For all the ...more |
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| Just enough war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| While it upsets me and probably offended the Nobel committee to have a peace prize winner lecture the audience on the necessity of war, peacemakers should be grateful for the opportunity to re-engage ...more |
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| Use money for social progress not war >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| President Obama will announce his policy decision on Afghanistan to a deeply divided nation Tuesday night in an address from West Point. It is largely anticipated that his recommendation will be to ...more |
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| Cap and trade, unfriendly to Missourians' wallets >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Naïve and irrationalby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"Facts are the raw material of reason" anonymous
A few days ago I ...more |
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| The inequality of government worker perks >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| Over 30 years ago I heard the now deceased Rev. E.V. Hill [of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles] state, "I do not trust the left-wing or the right-wing because they are both ...more |
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| Death for the uninsured? >> Op-Ed | jbishop |
| Imagine, just imagine, what it would be like not to worry about how you are going to pay for health care for yourself and your family.
Health insurance companies are in business to make money. ...more |
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| Healthcare for all, punishment for all >> Op-Ed | nigd |
| Commentary by Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.
In the 2008 campaign, we heard healthcare in this country is “broken” and must be “reformed.” We heard “healthcare reform” would be the signature piece of ...more |
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| Illness and streams: correlation in questioning >> Op-Ed | dwayne |
| No doubt many of you have seen this or are aware of this article. This presents a very dark cloud for the DNR and the Nixon administration and we can only hope that something is done about the ...more |
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| Creating a model of compassion >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Moving beyond war in Afghanistan
The challenge of helping Afghanistan while also serving U.S. security goals includes four aspects: first, U.S. fear of more terrorist attacks mounted from the ...more |
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| Emery reiterates fair tax support >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The Fair Taxby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same ...more |
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| Throw the tea partyers in the harbor >> Op-Ed | biker2 |
| Rather than answer the call of a shallow party-line hack like Utah State Representative Curtis Oda to "proudly" run Ole Glory up a pole and celebrate 9-11--a date which should more appropriately ...more |
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| Health care reform acid test >> Op-Ed | pickrell |
| Here is an idea that will guarantee a health care reform package that everyone can live with. It will require a bi-partisan effort.
What is it? A pledge from every lawmaker in Congress that they ...more |
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| Canadian healthcare and the fear tactic >> Op-Ed | jean-b |
| This commentary is being passed along by a person who currently is residing in the Joplin area but who had lived in Canada for a few years.
You're not hearing the truth about Canadian health ...more |
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| Cap and Trade is very green (money-wise, that is) >> Op-Ed | stouffer |
| If you think you are in the dark on what may be happening in Washington, D.C. these days, you are not alone. In fact, we may all be in the dark if a measure recently passed by the U.S. House of ...more |
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| Health care issue: debate or acrimony? >> Op-Ed | midgep |
| As I write this, I am watching a recording of the July 31st House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing to mark-up the so-called "universal" health care bill that has been so hotly debated across ...more |
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| Charging the economy with a citizen stimulus >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Tom H Hastings
President Obama’s approval rating in the polls has been dropping. It is lower every time it’s measured.
Unemployment rates are higher under Obama’s leadership than they were ...more |
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| Missouri should have control over its own fate >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Federalism--structured for changeby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a ...more |
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| 700 scientists discredit global warming crisis >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| Ten years ago, we were being deluged with unending reports on the coming horror that would be created by Y2K. Billions of dollars were spent to correct an imaginary problem. Then on that long ...more |
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| Controls are strangling domestic food producers >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| The United States of America was founded on the premise that control of one's own destiny is essential to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," but as a sixth-generation farmer I am concerned ...more |
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| Chipotle's food integrity is challenged >> Op-Ed | tloos |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill is misleading American consumers and financially benefiting from a "feel good, no guilt" marketing message that in fact is untrue. As a sixth-generation U.S. farmer, I have ...more |
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| Fingers of addiction >> Op-Ed | karla |
| Preventing, stopping or explaining chemical dependency is often the focus of stories about addiction. Seldom does anyone consider the parents who suffer. Injecting hope into a world where parents are ...more |
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| Support for Missouri Sovereignty Movement promoted >> Op-Ed | tgrady |
| Missourians, now's the time. Let's talk. Please. Let's talk about our state only....at least for now.
Those of us who are becoming increasingly terrified over President Obama's interference in the ...more |
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| Missouri Rep. Cynthia Davis offers rebuttal >> Op-Ed | staff |
| Commentary by Missouri Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-19)
--An answer to the attacks circulating on the Internet about her recent remarks concerning the taxpayer-sponsored summer food program for children in ...more |
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| Socialism and the regulation of tobacco >> Op-Ed | pickrell |
| Congress has voted to give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco. The problem is the Supreme Court in 2000 denied the FDA that privilege. According to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in ...more |
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| Fair tax is a fair share tax >> Op-Ed | jason |
| When you hear any politician indignantly demanding that corporations finally, "pay their fair share of taxes," look to your own wallet. Corporations don't have a secret cache of money to pay taxes ...more |
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| Energy tax increase is wrong >> Op-Ed | waltb |
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Commentary by Missouri Rep. Walt Bivins (R-97)St. Louis, MO
President Obama has outlined an ambitious plan for a massive redistribution of wealth and government intrusion into health care, ...more |
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| Rep. Blunt & the Party of NO >> Op-Ed | lweiner |
| On the day President Barack Obama marked his 100th day in office, Americans United for Change asked U.S. Representative Roy Blunt who he thinks he is representing with his repeated votes against the ...more |
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| HB 30: drug testing for welfare benefits >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Objectives and resultsby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"It is neither compassionate nor wise to treat someone else's discomfort with ...more |
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| Rethinking Afghanistan >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Anne Miller
Last week, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was revealed that the Obama administration is planning on sending an additional ...more |
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| Desperate need of job growth >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)
Job creation: No quick fix
With unemployment throughout the nation continuing to increase, job creation has been a main focus this ...more |
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| One time funding for one time projects >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)
Federal Stimulus Plan: state concerns
The president signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in mid-February, but as ...more |
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| Agnostics, 1; theocrats, 0 >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Tom H Hastings--
"I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person."
Awww... Who could not forgive ...more |
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| H.R. 1 is labeled generational theft >> Op-Ed | staff |
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Comments by Tom A. Coburn, M.D., U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (R-Muskogee)
...As you may know, the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1) on February 10, 2009, ...more |
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| Laptops nixed in Senate chamber >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Sen. Gary Nodler (R-32)
All the More Reason to Stay Focused
I was recently in the Senate chamber while the body was not in session, and I took a moment to ...more |
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| Fathers' rights vs. gender bias >> Op-Ed | maryr |
| Fathers everyday are being denied equal rights regarding their children in custody cases. Gender bias should be eliminated from family law and future legislation. BOTH biological parents should be ...more |
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| President Obama, what are you really thinking... >> Op-Ed | m_massie |
| During his campaign, presidential candidate Barack Obama cast President Bush as having done everything wrong. So, what will the now President Obama do right? If his first week is any indication of ...more |
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| How the government protects us >> Op-Ed | staff |
| Perhaps you didn't realize that every stream and river in the country supports healthy aquatic life and is safe for recreation in and on the water. The reason I know our streams are unpolluted is ...more |
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| Missouri seeks family recovery >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Family Recovery Planby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life ...more |
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| Afghanistan: insisting on failed policy >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Here we go again!
This time it's Afghanistan, with a foreign power, not to say an imperial nation, employing sophisticated weapons and military personnel to subdue a people and culture that it ...more |
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| Dissecting the mindset to war: Afghanistan >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Hopes abound for an Obama presidency to enact changes in health care, education and a green economy. But these hopes may all be lost to a war in the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan.
by Marc ...more |
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| Current Missouri law thwarts nuclear expansion >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Nuclear Power Factsby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
The 2009 legislative session will address the need for more base-load electricity ...more |
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| Gates keep out change >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| by Tom H Hastings
Robert Gates is Bush's Secretary of Defense and has been for two years. President-elect Barack Obama has announced that he will retain Gates in an open-ended offer to remain in ...more |
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| Dump the Federal Reserve overboard with the tea >> Op-Ed | kdunbar |
| Demonstrations were held in 39 cities across the US yesterday, November 22, 2008 by protesters who rallied against the Federal Reserve banking system. I participated in the St. Louis rally where I ...more |
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| Let GM's house of cars (sic) fall >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Bail out General Motors? The people who murdered our mass transit system?
First let them remake what they destroyed.
GM responded to the 1970s gas crisis by handing over the American market to ...more |
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| Your role in the election aftermath >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Digging deeper, finding hope
For many, the elections brought hope in the face of all that is crumbling: housing prices, stocks, financial institutions, family budgets, job and retirement ...more |
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| Voter intimidation in odd places >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| by Daniel Patrick Welch
Swampscott, MA isn't the place you'd pick for right-wing hate mongering. Sandwiched between the industrial cities Lynn and Salem on Boston's North Shore (and somewhat ...more |
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| World peace begins at home >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| By Virginia Swain
As I observe the lack of civility and destabilization in local and international political life, I remember Lee Atwater. Chief political advisor to the first president George ...more |
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| Palin' around with a terrorist >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| Sarah Palin is right to criticize Barak Obama for 'palling around with terrorists,' as she puts it. A smart politician would not hang around with people who have been connected to bombs that might ...more |
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| OK, Missouri, show me >> Op-Ed | kdimon |
| Politics has wonderful way of alienating one’s entire family. Case in point: my family.
We can talk about the kids, we can talk about the weather, but then we run out of things to talk about ...more |
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| Debunking the far right viewpoint >> Op-Ed | kgramey |
| Sarah Palin has been on the political stump now all of six weeks, arriving as a gift from heaven with few of the attributes of a seasoned politician, but possessed of charms that, if you aren’t sure ...more |
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| The Missouri Bar to select judges? Oh, no! >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Judicial accountabilityby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"...The contemporary understanding of judicial independence and of the judicial ...more |
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| Obama and easy solutions to the economic crisis >> Op-Ed | ngreen |
| If you had an employee who was getting $160,000 a year, plus a full time staff, travel expenses, and a huge budget to work with, but never showed up for work, what would you do? Obama proudly lists ...more |
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| Inequities in Missouri's social services revealed >> Op-Ed | wglover |
| Oh, here's the story: It starts with the local Social Services and an ever shifting set of regulations that apply to Medicaid and a lack of transparency in how those rules are enforced, which leads ...more |
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| Nuances of killing >> Op-Ed | jgreen |
| --By Joe Green
I recently wrote an article about why I believe abortion is murder; the responses I received were interesting, to say the least. I always am amazed at the level of denial some ...more |
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| Why vote "blue" >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| The time of "nit-natting" of favorite secondary issues is over. We may not like every single thing done or said by a candidate on every issue, but we must realize there is no such thing as a perfect ...more |
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| Stopping Big Oil's gimme, gimme, gimme >> Op-Ed | mhope |
| Time to draw a line in the sand...before there's no more sand
With each passing day, hardworking Americans are watching the price of gas climb higher and higher as oil executives watch their ...more |
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| Gobal warming: the real fear factor >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The truth...the whole truthby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
The impact on temperature per unit carbon dioxide actually goes down, not ...more |
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| MDNR twittles while cattle deformities multiply >> Op-Ed | staff |
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Captured on film are pictures of hog sewage being "removed" from the confinement. In middle May 2008 Darvin and Tish Bentlage sent photos to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for an ...more |
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| Bikers raise money for hearing-disabled program >> Op-Ed | l-hoard |
| A group of seven motorcyclists from the states of Florida, Texas and Louisiana recently rolled to a stop in front of the Student and Outreach Services Building on the campus of the Missouri School ...more |
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| Illegal entry thwarted in Missouri >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Illegal entryby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
"While politicians in Washington have debated amnesty bills, over half a million illegal ...more |
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| Just $15 helps promote an autism license plate >> Op-Ed | cwilson |
| When Michelle McAdams’ third child, Nick, was 15 months old, she knew something was “not quite right” in his development, but she couldn’t put her finger on the problem. It was over a year later that ...more |
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| Global warming vs. what's really happening >> Op-Ed | oharward |
| Mr. Gore, I do not believe there is such a thing as man-made global warming. I do not think globe warming is provable, being that we only have data for a fraction of the time the earth has been in ...more |
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| Missouri, a fiscal role model >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Principles that work (contrasting political philosophies)by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
“In general, the art of government consists of ...more |
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| Fewer bills; less government >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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When Less Is Moreby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ...more |
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| Mom works to end deployments in Iraq >> Op-Ed | tina-r |
| by Tina Richards
My journey to Washington, DC began a little over a year ago when I received a call from my son about his impending third deployment. After countless hours in the halls of ...more |
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| Is the U.S. Constitution dead, or is it alive? >> Op-Ed | midgep |
| I commend those of you in Joplin who have been brave enough to sign the petition for lessening marijuana penalties in your city. It takes true patriots to stand up for what is good, right and true in ...more |
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| What's in your pocket? >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| We all know this is one of the most critical elections in quite a few years. People are angry over various issues, and are going to go vote or bust. I have no doubt this primary election on February ...more |
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| Another side to Senator McCain? >> Op-Ed | dgilbert |
| Presidential Candidate and Senator John McCain may appear more presidential these days following his recent primary wins, but one aspect of his fitness for command has been strikingly absent from ...more |
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| Just who benefits from ethanol? >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The ethanol compromiseby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining ...more |
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| Special interest politics flaws the process >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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An historic perspectiveby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery (R-126 including the counties ofBarton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
Leadership requires as keen a sense of where you have been as where you are ...more |
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| Should US citizens be trusted with weapons? >> Op-Ed | dgilbert |
| Within December, we’ve seen a private citizen stop a madman wielding a rifle and a thousand rounds of ammunition from possibly killing hundreds of people. The liberal media is spinning this as ...more |
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| Vets on disability, be wary when you marry >> Op-Ed | jdotson |
| Please allow me to take you on a brief journey. Try to imagine yourself as one of the many wounded military personnel (man, or woman) currently recovering from combat injuries at Walter Reed or Brook ...more |
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| Home inspector's role: working for the buyer >> Op-Ed | jbushart |
| by James H. Bushart
In this passing year, Missourians have seen the highest number of foreclosures than at any other time in their history. Families are being forced out of their homes and are ...more |
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| Is the US softening its alliance with Israel? >> Op-Ed | angelpix |
| by Daniel Gilbert
During a peace summit in Annapolis, MD, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has vowed to heavily pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem. Worse, Rice and the current administration ...more |
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| Marvel Comics goes digital >> Op-Ed | 4comics |
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Commentary by Mark Allen
Recently, Marvel Comics decided to begin making their comics available online. Dubbed Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, the program will boast 2,500 comic books ...more |
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| When the majority doesn't speak >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| If you missed the impeachment protest on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, in Springfield, MO at the major intersection of Glenstone and Battlefield Rd., you missed a gratifying experience in seeing and ...more |
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| Muslims cautioned against following mullahs >> Op-Ed | admin2 |
| S.A. Rehman has been disseminating messages on the Internet for several years now. These messages addressed allegedly to his fellow Muslims preach against violence and misinterpretation of the ...more |
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| We are not the enemy nor serfs >> Op-Ed | rraney |
| How federal, state and local govenments have allowed a perfectly good cash cow to escape
Let's consider the price of gasoline. If the wind blows, it goes up. If the season's change, the gas ...more |
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| Political chicanery and the Sunshine Law >> Op-Ed | rpund |
| In a truly representative democracy, the politicians we elect should be working for us. Each of us should be tracking their votes and listening to their speeches to confirm this dictum.
In ...more |
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| Majority speaks on CAFOs vs. park preservation >> Op-Ed | smarkin |
| What will it take to get the Department of Natural Resources to live up to the mission of the department to protect and conserve our natural resources? This agency, supposedly, was created to ...more |
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| Water rights revisited; how deep is thy well? >> Op-Ed | wdjpc |
| If you have something on or under your property and someone takes it, did that someone steal it? Then, how do you feel if the state of Missouri agrees they will do “nothing” about ...more |
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| What a home inspection is not >> Op-Ed | jbushart |
| Our friends with the Missouri Association of Realtors (MAR) have been very successful in helping their members totally transform the public image of their profession. I have to hand it to them.
In ...more |
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| Missouri's balanced budget >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. --Will Rogers
Tax cuts and the 2008 budgetby Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the ...more |
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| Please fence me in >> Op-Ed | oharward |
| Oscar Harward of Monroe, NC has called this commentary to our attention with the permission of the author.
By Rep. Duncan Hunter (District 52-CA)--
It’s much tougher than it should be to ...more |
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| Free lunch breeds contempt >> Op-Ed | wmiller |
| A sad parallel...
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week there were hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily ...more |
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| Murderers act; why are the victims passive? >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle, sir, is not to ...more |
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| Feedback on the Iraqi lesson >> Op-Ed | ashihaba |
| It's unwise to consider President Bush responsible for every bit of the US dilemma in Iraq. His father's administration encouraged Saddam diplomatically to invade Kuwait in 1990, to bounce on him ...more |
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| Theme-park for Southwest Missouri arouses locals >> Op-Ed | jean-b |
| Newton County commissioner Jerry Carter released information recently that a land-acquisiton company had sent a man named Todd Marshall representing ARM Risk, a recently filed company with the ...more |
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| Shafting of the small farmer >> Op-Ed | admin2 |
| Pork and beans: It's all about CAFOs
by James (Rich) Lawson
Perhaps it’s time to stop looking though a glass darkly and understand the facts about Senate Bill #364. Many have been drawn ...more |
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| Name-calling: the good ole boy >> Op-Ed | d-burton |
| by David Burton--
What exactly is a "good ole boy" anyway?
I’ve heard the phrase “good ole boy” several times in my life. However, I probably have never heard it (on a radio ...more |
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| Ibrahim on the Middle East: a lively debate >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim, through an invitation by the Peace Network of the Ozarks on March 28, 2007, spoke at The Library Station in Springfield on "The U.S., the Middle East, and the War on Terror." ...more |
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| Is global warming a hoax? >> Op-Ed | scasey |
| Less than a decade ago, we were being deluged with unending reports on the coming horror that would be created by Y2K. Billions of dollars were spent to correct an imaginary problem. Then on that ...more |
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| Medicare Part D and the "little guy" >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| Commentary: An open letter to U.S. Representative Roy Blunt
Dear Roy,
Hope your prostate cancer does not return. Glad you had great preventative care. My wife remembers the little chat she had ...more |
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| Royal Doyle and the animal farm >> Op-Ed | mayfly |
| I woke up this morning feeling like I'd been screwed. There was one time in the night that my cat walked on my stomach when he wanted me to let him out. That wasn't it. When he thumped on the ...more |
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| Changes to energy policy: pipeline to reason >> Op-Ed | hschmidt |
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by Herbert J. Schmidtpresident of Contract Freighters, Inc.Joplin, MO
Any time there is a change of control in our legislature, there are corresponding shifts in the direction of policy. As ...more |
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| Politics: red, blue or gray? >> Op-Ed | maddy |
| According to political stereotypes, those who have lived an upper middle class or upper class lifestyle are almost all conservatives and generally vote for Republicans. Consequently, those who grow ...more |
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| Why stay where you're not wanted? >> Op-Ed | brianne |
| Springfield doesn’t want underage adults downtown. With the passage of the amendment that bans anyone under the age of 21 from all establishments that derive 60% or more of their total revenue ...more |
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| The issue of paperless ballots >> Op-Ed | jdean |
| by Jim DeanDemocracy for America
On Election Night, DFA-endorsed candidate Barbara McIlvaine Smith was down by 19 votes in her race for the Pennsylvania state house. She refused to concede, ...more |
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| On the switch in Congressional power >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Three little girls from school are we:U.S. Left's unwarranted giddiness over election gains
by Daniel Patrick Welch
Giddy as Mikado schoolgirls, Democrats and their allies on the Left are ...more |
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| School safety addressed by Missouri governor >> Op-Ed | keithb |
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Commentary by Governor Matt Blunt
(Photo by Vince Rosati)
Keeping Students Safe at School
Recent events in schools across our nation and in Missouri have captured our attention and ...more |
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| Miracles are for the living >> Op-Ed | jmyers |
| A few years ago my friend Henry Waggoner was just barely run over by a fire truck. In less time than it takes to type it, a slip on the ice and a nanosecond's difference in when the driver hit the ...more |
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| Keeping the clean in the Clean Water Act >> Op-Ed | kknowles |
| ...and in the White House as well
On its 25th anniversary in 1997, Vice President Al Gore praised the Clean Water Act as one of America’s most important environmental laws. The Vice ...more |
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| Today's economy: greatest tale never told >> Op-Ed | alex-f |
| It's become the greatest tale never told, the best-kept secret in America today...
With today’s economy, if the current president’s last name were Clinton or Kerry, we'd already be ...more |
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| Democrats--verbiage, no substance >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Denouncing Hugo ChavezAnd other sports of the rich, infamous and just plain stupidby Daniel Patrick Welch
Nancy Pelosi apparently has so much time on her hands, and so few issues to address, that ...more |
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| Stop griping, start acting on environmental issues >> Op-Ed | dwolek |
| ...Why are we so content to be the “silent majority” about any issue going on in our part of the world or the bigger arena? Why don’t we push for some zoning laws designating what ...more |
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| Will you be supporting cures or clones? >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Whom do you trust?
by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the counties of Barton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
I personally cannot support the initiative because I've always been opposed to ...more |
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| Drive attentively or face prosecution >> Op-Ed | hfoster |
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| Eli Lilly's Zyprexa linked to diabetes >> Op-Ed | dhaszard |
| I took Zyprexa starting in 1996, the year the Federal Drug Administration approved it. It proved to be ineffective for my condition and gave me diabetes.
Zyprexa, the product name for Olanzapine, ...more |
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| Undocumented immigrants defined as self-serving >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Freedom or plunder?
by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the counties of Barton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass ...more |
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| Emery: on democracy >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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Prosperity or Dependency
by Missouri Rep. Ed Emery(R-126 including the counties of Barton, Dade, Jasper and Polk)
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist ...more |
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| Coal-fired power plants: cheaper but deadly >> Op-Ed | s-mahan |
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Commentary by Simon Mahan, president, Sierra ClubSouthwest Missouri State UniversitySpringfield, MO
As children, we were taught that we will have to pay for our parents mistakes. No matter ...more |
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| Average guy's empty pockets >> Op-Ed | s-snapp |
| Listening to the Bush - Cheney team the last couple of weeks, one would think that we are approaching an economic era that has dollar bills falling out of the average guy’s pockets, sugarplums ...more |
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| An American portrait >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| Giddy with greed, at any cost, the elite slip and slide through meaningless lives. Our society has become the preservation of privilege for the privileged. Instant gratification rules as if there's ...more |
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| Citizen appeals to fellow Missourians to bag trash >> Op-Ed | dwayne |
| Observations during a trip
Over Thanksgiving my wife and I went to her mother’s house in Topeka, KS. Out of Goodman, MO, we went north on Hwy 71, west on I-44, over to Kansas on Hwy 400, and ...more |
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| Iraq's enemy: terrorist, insurgent or American? >> Op-Ed | ajournet |
| Despite the protestations of right wing commentators, it is increasingly evident to most Americans that Bush and Cheney mounted a campaign of lies and deceptions to get voters to endorse their ...more |
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| What will Bush's legacy be? >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| I talked to a couple of rightwing conservatives today about George W. Bush. I asked them what will be the legacy of this president. They wanted to know what I thought about it. I replied that I was ...more |
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| Fitzgerald's search of truth earns our repect >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| We have arrived; someone please give me the time on the stop watch: 4 years 9 months 8 days (?) since George W. Bush took office. I would like to remind everyone about the line in the movie, ...more |
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| Ten reasons Bill Moyers should be president >> Op-Ed | sbeckman |
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Ten reasons Bill Moyers should be president
Commentary by Scott Beckman
Beckman explains that he has tried to identify with Democrats for years but has found wide differences between his thinking ...more |
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| To flee or not to flee what is America >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Try and catch the windby Daniel Patrick Welch
To understand fully the nature of the American dilemma, one has only to view it from slightly outside the bubble. The sanity of my wife and I depends ...more |
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| Neocons are eroding the Republican Party >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| The Neocon political credo is uncompromising just as that of the Machiavellians; it is alchemy of the must toxic and corrosive known, a collection of elements to hold and maintain power.
This ...more |
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| Government's role should protect life >> Op-Ed | beatrice |
| The European states have a long history, including good and bad times, economic rise and political descent. These past experiences left traces behind affecting our current society and culture. We ...more |
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| We need more geography scholars >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
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Americans know so little about the world that how could they imagine one continent to be worse than the others. Daniel Patrick Welch explores the depth of ignorance about Africa through the eyes of ...more |
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| How to get the green by being green >> Op-Ed | s-mahan |
| To a certain extent, government is to be held responsible for the decisions regarding the future of our country. However, since government is created by the people, perhaps, it is the people that ...more |
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| Jehovah's Witless victims >> Op-Ed | muzikmav |
| Bait and switch is the technique of offering something too good to be true and then switching to a different offer that costs much more. In retail it is bad and in religion it is worse.
Jehovah's ...more |
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| Nuclear waste watch - 6/30/05 >> Op-Ed | bourgoin |
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Mobile repositories
by Ron Bourgoin
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced two weeks ago it's getting ready to ship out 2000 trucks of spent-fuel reprocessing waste from its West ...more |
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| Nuclear Waste Watch - 6/22/05 >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
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'Safe'Scandanavian repositories
by Ron Bourgoin
To get the American people to believe that burial of highly radioactive wastes in rock is a good idea, politicians every now and then will ...more |
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| What would Jesus do? >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| According to the Missouri Office of Administration’s Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction, Governor Matt Blunt plans to spend about 1.8 million to renovate his mansion. ...more |
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| Stem cell research is pro-life >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| Will the Real Pro-life Movement Please Stand Up?
On the same day that a bipartisan group of legislators passed a bill to further fund stem cell research, Bush was meeting with former frozen ...more |
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| A slip of the strategy? >> Op-Ed | vensevon |
| In his appearance Sunday, June 5, 2005, on the George Stephanolis Show, Benjamin Bradlee, editor of the Washington Post during the era of Watergate, was asked why he thought the print media (and ...more |
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| Moderation can save the environment >> Op-Ed | s-mahan |
| by Simon Mahan
As a Christian and an environmentalist, I became interested in the op-ed titled “Bible does not endorse diet” (Springfield News-Leader, April 28th). Mr. Hardecke does ...more |
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| Work together against factory farms >> Op-Ed | jbalk |
| CLUCK CLUCK--Chickens crammed into cages is the type of picture Missouri legislators would like to see banned by law. The proposed legislation is just one of the many tainting the State's ...more |
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| My dear Governor Blunt >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| We received a snail mail letter from a gentleman from Cleveland, Ohio looking to get the attention of our Missouri governor, Matt Blunt. In spite of the grumbling of one our volunteers who had to ...more |
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| Will politics and morality coexist? >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
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The Republican leadership has successfully passed a bill that will take health insurance from thousands of disabled, elderly, and impoverished Missourians including children. You might think these ...more |
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| Sciavo issue--one of morality or hypocrisy? >> Op-Ed | emma1 |
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Currently a full-time student studying horticulture at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO,
She is concerned about the future of our environment and precious natural ...more |
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| Citizen seeks more representative government >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| We received the following letter from a gentleman in Slater. He is frustrated over the apparent evasiveness he received in response to his letter to Governor Blunt. Slater appears to be voicing the ...more |
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| Truth about SCNT--Rep. Emery, hello >> Op-Ed | jmccaff |
| It is important to address Rep. Ed Emery’s recent columns which claimed, quite erroneously, that stem cell research called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is the same thing as human ...more |
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| Pollution and politics should not be bedfellows >> Op-Ed | jstclair |
| The Bush Administration and the Republican Congress have some strange values when it comes to human and environmental health.
Do you think...
oil and gas development corporations should be ...more |
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| Big business, yes; safe environoment, who cares >> Op-Ed | e-ayres |
| An unconscionable travesty of all morality and values HB130, the Dirty Secrets Bill, is being rammed through the Missouri Legislature by controlling Republicans.
This bill:
Allows polluters ...more |
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| Make April 15 just another spring day >> Op-Ed | mikesky |
| FairTax is the most logical tax plan I have ever seen. FairTax's main plan is to flat tax everyone at the point of sale rather than through payroll tax deductions. The master stroke of the FairTax ...more |
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| Christians, judge thyself >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| We appreciate C.K. Sigler’s answer (Joplin Globe commentary, Feb. 11, 2005) to the question of what Jesus would have thought of homosexuality. Not mentioning homosexuality leaves all of us to ...more |
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| Wall St. will love Social Security privatization >> Op-Ed | justinh |
| The more we hear about the plans the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans have for Social Security the more frightening they become. Once again it is clear that the issue is one of ...more |
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| How poor do Medicaid families have to be? >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| Gov. Matt Blunt has proposed that the State of Missouri reduce income limits for those individuals who receive or could receive Medicaid. Medicaid is a health-care program for the blind, poor ...more |
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| I am not a terrorist, really >> Op-Ed | mattt |
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**If you're easily offended and generally close-minded, please jump to the bottom and read my disclaimer, first, hopefully, to absolve me from going to Hell in your mind for my anti-authoritarian ...more |
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| Fight to keep Roe v. Wade >> Op-Ed | sandrab |
| The future of our fundamental freedoms, including women's right to reproductive choice, will be set by judges who hold lifetime seats on the federal bench.
Recently, President Bush announced his ...more |
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| Republican environmental stand attacked >> Op-Ed | emma1 |
| Since taking control of the state legislature, Republicans have engaged in a war against the Missouri environment and the health of Missourians. With a slate of proposals that would reduce standards ...more |
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| Is Fairtax a pipedream? >> Op-Ed | sfindley |
| It's amazing that when some people embrace an idea religiously suddenly that idea becomes fault-free. The FairTax concept seems to be such an idea. I followed the advice of the stream of forum ...more |
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| Wake up, America >> Op-Ed | justinh |
| In baseball, when an umpire makes mistakes, even though the game cannot be played again, the players appreciate it when he admits his mistake and vows to try to avoid future errors. Those who refuse ...more |
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| Impeachment still consideration for errant judges >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, ...more |
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| Republican plan is to bankrupt the nation >> Op-Ed | ajournet |
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As a concerned citizen of the state of Missouri, I think residents throughout the state should understand what Republican members of the Senate actually stand for - as opposed to what they claim ...more |
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| SEMSU prof predicts more economic woes for U.S. >> Op-Ed | rpolack |
| More than just an unnecessary and costly departure from addressing the real causes of terrorism, the Iraq war is also contributing to an impending economic crisis. Tax cuts (overwhelmingly for the ...more |
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| Actions of Republican senators contradict spin >> Op-Ed | ajournet |
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As a concerned citizen of the state of Missouri, I think residents throughout the state should understand what Republican members of the Senate actually stand for - as opposed to what they claim ...more |
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| Prayer is a private affair >> Op-Ed | jelton |
| Public school prayer?
With great interest and concern I have been reading open letters on the editorial pages of newspapers and magazines, for many months. I have been silent until now. Now that ...more |
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| Coleman Theatre chandelier shines gloriously >> Op-Ed | srollins |
| Below are comments made by Sally Rollins, a volunteer for the Friends of The Coleman Theatre Beautiful in Miami, Oklahoma. She tells the story behind the restoration of the theatre's original ...more |
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| Respect for civil and political liberties >> Op-Ed | dande |
| Dear Editor:
I trust local citizens will rise up against the fluoridation tyranny...This is more about freedom and accountable government than about health.
Bandaid pseudo health ...more |
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| Olympic Games--idealism vs. reality >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Parade of Nations, parade of ignorance: one fan's disillusionment with the TV Games
By Daniel Patrick Welch
The author tells of his infatuation with the Olympic Games from early childhood--a ...more |
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| Emery addresses Sarcoxie's pornography >> Op-Ed | e-emery |
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ED EMERY (R-126)
The city of Sarcoxie in Jasper County marks the most southern tip of my House district. Citizens of Sarcoxie are presently in the midst of a battle for the integrity of ...more |
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| Gay activist defines individual rights >> Op-Ed | jk-emery |
| Separation of Church and State - A Family History
By John Emery, Jr.
Recently, I decided to explore my ancestral roots and found some interesting parallels with myself and today's historic ...more |
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| Brutality is tool of both sides >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
| Daniel Patrick Welch peers beneath the West's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority in the face of atrocities against innocents in other parts of the world. He says: "When we peel away all ...more |
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| Empire-building is bi-partisan >> Op-Ed | s-gowans |
| Critiquing the critique: Pandering to the lies the Left tells itself about the Democrats
By Stephen Gowans
Robert Jensen, a professor of journalism at the University of Texas, has written a ...more |
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| Letter to the open-minded >> Op-Ed | sbeckman |
| Every four years, the two major parties dust off their stale old "anybody but whomever, lesser of two evils, wasted vote," hogwash. Jesse Ventura ran a woefully under-funded campaign for governor in ...more |
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| Let marriage be a religious act >> Op-Ed | randy |
| I came to Missouri to be free ... free from the hateful treatment I grew up with in a small town in Indiana. I vowed, when I came here, that I would never hide or be ashamed of who I was again. For ...more |
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| Defeating the Empire >> Op-Ed | cameron |
| The increasingly rapid slide of the United States into a New Roman Empire over the past 40 years, has had many facets. Like Rome, we've shut down our industry and farms. Like Rome, we've turned the ...more |
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| Science vs. Intelligent Design >> Op-Ed | sltimme |
| Debate pits educators against lawmakers in Missouri and other states
In recent weeks Representative Robert Wayne Cooper (R-155) introduced and sponsored HB911 with Missouri representative ...more |
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| Grand Lake o' the Cherokees...memories >> Op-Ed | nuevomex |
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“Mom, why didn’t they make Disneyland in Disney?” I thought this a logical question. Of course, I was 8 years old and was just being introduced to a lifetime of Grand Lake ...more |
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| Is the Southwest Missouri water crisis baffling? >> Op-Ed | jeanb |
| It's quite astonishing to me to be hearing lately that Southwest Missouri may be facing a serious water shortage in the immediate future. It's certainly true that the amount of growth in the area ...more |
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| What is fair and balanced news? >> Op-Ed | jeanb |
| During the fall of 2002 and the spring of 2003 I was active, along with several other area citizens, in organizing demonstrations against Mr. Bush's planned attack on Iraq. Some of the events we ...more |
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| The invisible dead (reprinted) >> Op-Ed | nppa-inc |
| The following is an editorial reprinted from News Photographer, the official publication of the National Press Photographers Association.
No one can deny that it was a spectacular event. The war ...more |
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| One day in the life of a stormchaser >> Op-Ed | bobshaf |
| I caught up with a storm east of Liberal, KS on Saturday and chased it west (yes, west) for about 3 hours. Never before have I seen a storm threaten to tornado for such a long period of time and not ...more |
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| Has the majority become degraded? >> Op-Ed | d-nuzum |
| To the editor:
I speak now for the millions of Americans who recoil every time the Supreme Court betrays their interests. White America, has watched their elected and non elected political leaders ...more |
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| Beyond my control >> Op-Ed | marcie |
| On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the middle of May 1994 my normal life unexpectedly was shattered. I'm now able to write about it.
I was the victim of a T-bone motor vehicle accident. With me ...more |
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| Israel will survive! >> Op-Ed | isr-lady |
| I am not the least afraid to go any place, by bus or to a mall. I didn't change or stop doing anything I used to do before this mess began! People tend to forget that twice the casualties from terror ...more |
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| The absurdity of fingerprinting >> Op-Ed | montague |
| Just the other day I was listening to the news about the beltway sniper and of course, Tom Daschle was out there taking another shot at our freedoms. Note that when I mean our freedoms, I don't ...more |
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| Political q and a >> Op-Ed | n99nt |
| Subject: And the worst part about it is...
Non believers, Check it out...It's 100 percent true.....
Q: Which party took Social Security from an independent fund and put it in the general ...more |
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| American controversy >> Op-Ed | mrbob |
| Protect the Pledge of Allegiance!
Those who are acquainted with me know by now that I'm not a liberal. And, I suppose that a portion of my thinking is shaped by my military background. However, I ...more |
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