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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...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Battered Dove

A battered Mourning Dove was bought to us missing most of the feathers necessary for flight. He was an adult who ate well, seemed...

MIKE KEELER: Here’s To The Original American “Bourbon Red” Turkey

Here's the history: way back in 913, France was ruled by a king named Charles the Simple. He had a buddy named Aymar who...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Great Divide

As great a development as the internet has been for humanity, it – like all “progress” - has its downside. And like most technology...

DICK BAYNTON: From Bondage to Bondage

We have seen and read the steps from bondage back to bondage by various skeptics, experts, political scientists and commentators; here’s a recent list:...

STUART REVERCOMB: 247 Words . . .

How would you have liked to open up for Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg on Nov 19, 1863? Somebody had to, so why not one Edward...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Does Character Count?

Is there anyone who is not exhausted by the current deluge of political frenzy?  The only thing that seems certain is that polarization is...