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| Jimmy Carter's peace mission >> Op-Ed | hastings |
| It takes a (former) president
by Dr. Fred Struckmeyer,philosophy chair, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Jimmy Carter, I have just learned, is going to Damascus to talk to the Hamas ...more |
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| Dollars and sense of campaigning >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
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This partial rendition of a movie poster parody that appeared on About.com" political humor comes with the message that "Arrogance is a force with dire consequences." It was created in 2005 by a ...more |
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| Sidewalk chalking event to mark horrors of war >> Op-Ed | ddavison |
| Just having the solemn events of the anniversary of the fifth year of war held by thousands of peace groups nationwide we very much regret that it is almost time to mark another solemn event. We are ...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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| Zogby calling >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| I just got a phone call from someone doing a poll for Zogby International...and my reaction was wow, that organization is considered highly respectable by the mainstream press, especially Reuters, ...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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| Bill sponsored to limit CAFO expansion >> Op-Ed | jharris |
| Commentary by Jeff Harris (D-23), Minority Floor Leader
Today I filed legislation to give rural communities greater power to limit the development of concentrated animal feeding operations near ...more |
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| Stop whining; smell the roses >> Op-Ed | robinson |
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Commentary by Governor Matt Blunt
(Photo by Vince Rosati)
In 2004 Missourians demanded change. Missourians wanted their state government to put Missouri families, Missouri values, and ...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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| Blunt practices unethical doctoring of health-care >> Op-Ed | bob-pund |
| Primun non nocere
First, do no harm, is a common known oath taken by medical practitioners. Medical practices should be considered carefully before they are applied to the patients because this ...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 if she ...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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| Public input encouraged in Missouri budget process >> Op-Ed | g-nodler |
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NODLER'S NOTES:
Commentary by Missouri State Senator Gary Nodler (R-32/ Newton, Jasper and Dade counties)
Beginning the budget process
This summer, I was appointed as the chairman of the ...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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| CWC initiative lambasts Carnahan >> Op-Ed | curtmerc |
| The Cures Without Cloning initiative (CWC) to prohibit human cloning in Missouri yesterday has questioned Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s inaccurate re-write of the initiative’s ballot language. ...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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| Screamin' over Sen. Durbin's Bad Dream >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| By William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
As the US Senate prepares to vote today on the 'Bad' Dream amnesty amendment offered by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), that ...more |
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| Tyson's dirty water bail-out bill >> Op-Ed | belleann |
| Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) is on the list, at least as of August 26, 2007, of 25 co-sponsors of S.807, a bill introduced last spring by Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Tysonville) that would amend the ...more |
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| Arrow Rock citizens to toughen stand against CAFO >> Op-Ed | dfinke |
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The life of a CAFO pig makes vegans out of the more sensitive souls. Dietary habits contributing to an ever-expanding America, however, have resulted in the establishment of a growing number of ...more |
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| Labor unionist defines 2007 struggles >> Op-Ed | timr |
| The history of our great country has been shaped by the ability of individuals to come together as a group to fight for a common cause. From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement, ...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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| Protecting big business at any cost >> Op-Ed | dfinke |
| It's no surprise that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is looking the other way as the rampant CAFO industry charges ahead to do what it likes, regardless of public will, input, or ...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 it?
Did you ...more |
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| Bush-power opens borders for big business cronies >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| by William Gheen,ALIPAC director
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is calling for a formal congressional investigation into the non-enforcement and under enforcement of America's ...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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| The scuttling of amnesty bill S.1348 >> Op-Ed | wgheen |
| Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA): pro-amnesty and in support of Big Business. There has to be irony in that!
A striking defeat for the Open Borders Lobby (OBL) was achieved by historic and unprecedented ...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 secure ...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 down the ...more |
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| Can Missouri be the U.S. transportation hub? >> Op-Ed | trhode |
| Time to Plan for Missouri’s Transportation FutureBy Neal C. St. Onge (R-Ballwin),Chairman of the House Transportation Committee
I have filed a funding proposal that addresses the future of ...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 talk show) and read ...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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| MO HealthNet: preventative or cost-cutting? >> Op-Ed | akilova |
| MO HealthNet as alternative to Medicaid: Is it as good as it is claimed to be?
The destiny of all those who currently depend on Medicaid for their healthcare and those 177,000 who were cut in 2005 ...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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| CAFO to add to ambiance around Roaring River >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The view from Roaring River might have a smell in the future--and I don't mean that the local garden club ladies are planting a rose garden--but at least the good folks around Grand Lake dodged this ...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 from ...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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| Bush administration eliminates hunger >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| For any out there losing faith I am here to proclaim that miracles still happen. The proof is in the recent elimination of “hunger” by the Bush Administration. I think the next Republican ...more |
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| Astonishment over minimum wage vote >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| Commentary by Mark Adams
After this last election, Nov 7,2006, there have been numerous opinions, albeit astonishment, expressed over the large margin of support for the minimum wage. I was not ...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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| Dunn defends use of Jasper County sales tax >> Op-Ed | a-dunn |
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Commentary by Archie Dunn,sheriff of Jasper County in Missouri
It has been brought to my attention recently, that there are a lot of misconceptions concerning the Jasper County Law ...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 President ...more |
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| Missouri governor supports children's issues >> Op-Ed | hfoster |
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Commentary by Governor Matt Blunt
(Photo by Vince Rosati)
Supporting Missouri’s Future Generations
Our children deserve the best we have to offer. As a father and as governor it is my ...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 coining money ...more |
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| God's only party: vote them out >> Op-Ed | jryan |
| For years now we who dare to dissent from the views of the Republican Party, aka God's Own Party, have been told we are ignorant, are against the troops, that our religious beliefs are wrong, and ...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 lands should be ...more |
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| Missouri governor supports legal immigration >> Op-Ed | keithb |
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Governor's Columnby Gov. Matt BluntA Nation of Laws, Support for Lawful Immigration
The United States has been and can be a nation of laws and supports lawful immigration. We must stop the ...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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Governor's Columnby Gov. Matt BluntProtecting Lives on Missouri's Highways
We all have an obligation to look out for the safety of the men and women who work to keep our roads and bridges ...more |
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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 as a ...more |
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| Fee office reform plan is unveiled >> Op-Ed | wright |
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By Rep. Mark Wright (R-137)Administration & Accounting ChairMissouri House of Representatives
As I joined members of the Missouri House on Monday to announce the unveiling of a new reform ...more |
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| The Bush/Cheney leaks - politics as usual >> Op-Ed | gotownus |
| So now we really know what we always figured we knew, but couldn’t prove: Bush and Cheney are both habitual leakers of top secret government information.
National Journal: Libby Says Bush ...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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| Water pollution + odor=doing business in Missouri >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The Mythical "little guy" is not part of the equation.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has a recurring theme, it seems, on all issues. The use of phrases such as “evidence is ...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 and ...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 north ...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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| Claims of Blunt's spokesperson refuted >> Op-Ed | kimber |
| With respect to a November 2nd Springfield News-Leader commentary by Burson Taylor, Roy Blunt's communications director, please allow me, a constituent of Blunt, to respond. Ms. Taylor claims that ...more |
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| Bushwhacked in Argentina >> Op-Ed | jesse-h |
| From 1,000 points of light to 1,000 years under the new Third Reich!
The George W. Bush & the Criminally Insane Band is on tour in South America. At his first show in Argentina the crowds go crazy ...more |
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| Gripe sent to FCC about cancellation fee >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| Hardly a day goes by that I don't find what seems to me to be a legitimate thing to gripe about. If my Dad were alive, he'd be chiding me about my wasted efforts in "fighting city hall." He was a ...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, “Every ...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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| Slamming Baldwin and the ACLU >> Op-Ed | sjackson |
| Alan Sears has co-authored a new book entitled, The ACLU vs. America: Exposing the Agenda to Redefine Moral Values. In an interview with Front Page Magazine, Sears uses quotes made by ACLU founder ...more |
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| Mr. Childers, what more facts do you need? >> Op-Ed | ma-earth |
| More birds mean more problems for the citizens of Southwest Missouri
The "Award-winning" newspaper, the Neosho Daily News posted on the Internet on September 27, 2005 an article entitled , "DNR ...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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| Pro-life is redefined by Gov. Blunt >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| In a letter addressed to life science companies, Gov. Matt Blunt last week reiterated Missouri's ongoing commitment to strengthening the research and life sciences industries in the ...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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| Parallels to Bush's America seen in Gotham >> Op-Ed | d-welch |
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Is Gotham Worth Saving?by Daniel Patrick Welch
Synopsis:
Almost every society finds a way to address even the most taboo subjects. Daniel Patrick Welch finds a frank depiction of America's ...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. How many ...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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| Crowder shows concern for the environment >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| By now everyone knows that the Board of Trustees of Crowder College unanimously voted to oppose Moark's expansion in Newton County. What people should realize is that this vote reflects a thoughtful, ...more |
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| Democrats continued to be labeled sinners >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The cleansing continues. Democrats are excommunicated from East Waynesville Baptist Church, Waynesville, North Carolina. For those who didn’t take the radical right’s promise to “eradicate liberals” ...more |
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| Moark doesn't fit in the Ozarkian puzzle >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| The pieces that fit: Southwest Missouri Citizens Against Local Moark Expansion--1500 Citizens Strong and Growing daily
--commentary by Mark Adams
Life in our Ozark region is an intricate ...more |
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| Unfair taxation of Missouri phone customers >> Op-Ed | hloh |
| by Helen Louise Herndon
Missouri telephone customers began paying an additional universal fee to help subsidize telephone service for the poor and disabled beginning May 1, 2005. This announcement ...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 have very ...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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| If they don't like it, they'll just pass a law >> Op-Ed | mambo |
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Don't photograph me without my smile. Actually, don't photograph me at all. A new kind of photo-pornography is defined by law. (Photo by Matt Taylor)
HB 666 is an unconstitutional bill ...more |
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| The CAFO bill - legislation gone awry >> Op-Ed | mambo |
| One easily is able to see that the "CAFO" factory farm friendly HB 187 legislation is just one piece of the picture which is all business friendly to the detriment of the people of Missouri. Sam ...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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| Neosho CAFO to generate 320 tons of manure daily >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| According to the Missouri Senate Communications Office, the Senate recently approved legislation loosening local and state regulations on large farming operatings. Senate Bill 187, which was referred ...more |
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| Bush's corrupt Korea policy >> Op-Ed | kris |
| If you haven’t been reading the news, Korea has been becoming more and more of a problem as of late.
When Clinton was President, negotiations with the North Korean President Kim Jung II were ...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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| Gov. Blunt needs new strategy for the disabled >> Op-Ed | bob-pund |
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Missourians want the dignity that comes with labor
Commentary by Bob Pund
Columbia, MO
I suffered a broken neck as a passenger in a car accident. I was your typical 20-year-old guy. I ...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 cloning. In ...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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| Ford's alternative to your gas-guzzler >> Op-Ed | jmiller |
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Commentary by Jill Miller, Conservation Organizer for the Sierra Club's Global Warming and Energy Program, St. Louis chapter
Global warming is a man-made climate crisis driven by our modern ...more |
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| Let citizens be heard >> Op-Ed | jherron |
| Who's working for whom?
That's the question posed by Coloradans testifying before the House State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee recently on Bill 1271, Defend Colorado Now.
To those ...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 wonder ...more |
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| Open letter to Gov. Blunt reveals concerns >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| We just received this letter from a gentleman who serves on the Slater, MO city council. We are passing it along to our readers as an example of how frustrating it is to request informtion from ...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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| Journal rejects Bush as conservative >> Op-Ed | janiceh |
| Before the election, many thoughtful conservatives rejected the Bush candidacy. The American Conservative – hardly a left wing journal – even endorsed John Kerry hoping that a Kerry victory would ...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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| Bush supporters disregard the facts >> Op-Ed | justinh |
| A recent but marginalized news item illustrates a typical problem these days. A report by the Defense Science Board for the Pentagon-–an organization under Rumsfeld--states several findings that ...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, to care ...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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| Joplin council passes fluoridation ordinance >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
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All but two lights glowed green at the historic moment on September 7, 2004 when 6 Joplin city councilmen voted in favor of an ordinance authorizing and directing the introduction of fluoride ...more |
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| Don't buy Pres. Bush's have faith >> Op-Ed | wsampson |
| President Bush gave a speech all about what he will do, and what will happen, if he becomes president, except he already is president. He already ran this campaign back in 2000. He promised great ...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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| Were Bush protesters harassed? >> Op-Ed | jcollins |
| When the police officer answered, “Intelligence” after being asked why he was taking pictures of the protesters at the Bush rally, I gasped. Intelligence gathering of the protesters but none for the ...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 o’ the Cherokees ...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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| Sheyann Webb-Christburg impassions MSSU audience >> Op-Ed | mariwinn |
| The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream, but journalists can't talk about it without seriously infringing on copyright laws established by the King Center of Atlanta. Those laws, they say, ...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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| Petition for a new foreign policy >> Op-Ed | k-martin |
| Like never before in our history, our current foreign policy is taking our nation, and the world, in a radical and reckless direction. The Bush Administration has turned our country into a global ...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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