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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...

DENNIS GARVIN: The Hospital Volunteer

He is an old guy, below average height and above average weight. The parking lot for the hospital volunteers is in the toughest place:...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Beaver and The Bluejay

My wife, Sabrina, has a new love, but I’m not jealous. He only weighs a thousand grams, has the worst over-bite I’ve ever seen,...

DICK BAYNTON: Is Our Constitutional Republic at Risk?

As a nation, we are on the verge of losing our way of life as defined in the ‘Declaration of Independence’ as set forth...

September – A Time With Much To Do in The Garden

September should be a time of much to do in the garden.  You will still have some success preventing spring lawn weeds by using...

DICK BAYNTON: The Real Meaning of “PC”

By now we all probably know that PC means ‘political correctness’ which in turn means that our language, our discourse, our culture is undergoing...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Just Strolling The Neighborhood

The hippie-dressed girl with long, wavy hair sways with the music as she folds her laundry. Earbuds in place, and framed in the plate...