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FRED FIRST: Missouri’s Capitol City: First-Time Tourist

I could not possibly do justice to my first visit a half hour south of home to the Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City yesterday. But I will go...

BOB BROWN: The Triumph of Terrible Feelings Over Judgment

Today, our way of life is dominated by powerful, fast-moving, extreme emotions — especially anger,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: President Trump Owes The UK An Apology

I read a disturbing and disquieting article in the New York Times on January 23 entitled,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) Is a Defeatist

I read an article in the New York Post by Emily Crane on January 26 entitled,...

BOB BROWN: Loss of the Sense of the Sacred

During World War II, men went to war and women went to work. But where...

DICK BAYNTON: Déjà Vu All Over Again

The Olympic Games have been staged every four years since 1896. Beginning in Athens, Greece, the first competition featured participation by 14 nations; the...

MIKE KEELER: Asa Hunt House Update Part Nine

"You from Jersey? Yeah? What exit?" Or perhaps we should ask, "Yeah? Which province?" On July 1, 1676, four greedy men named Penn, Lawrie, Lucas...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Malaise Thickens

Watching the arrival of the New Year on TV was interesting. Let’s just say that most of what we witnessed didn’t have a thing...

DICK BAYNTON: David Wiley’s Great Gift of Music

The greatest gift of ‘humankind’ is the birth of a child. Even though those who are agnostic or atheist and don’t believe in God...

H. BRUCE RINKER: The Politics of Paranoia

I am the son of a long-line of Virginia farmers and hunters who believe that our children should be taught the proper use of...

STUART REVERCOMB: Finding The Good in Christmas

“Well, that shouldn’t be so hard to do,” you say. I mean it’s Christmas after all – as a minimum gifts are given, people...