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Valentine’s Day may be a few days behind us, but love is still in the air.
That includes today’s popular love story between mega pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City superstar …
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BY Dan Engemann, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Missouri Farm Bureau
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2/28/24
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D o you remember your first day of school? That experience was exciting and a little scary. Mrs. Cunningham was my kindergarten teacher. She taught us the alphabet and our numbers. I remember, her …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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2/21/24
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I will be one of many to extend my sympathies to the victims and families suffering from the tragedies along the parade route in Kansas City. However, this tragedy is not just about a few. We are all …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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2/21/24
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S ince today is Valentine’s Day, I want to confess that I’m in love with my wife, Connie. I have been for over 38 years. Because I adore her, I treat her like the lady she is.
In …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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2/14/24
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The highlights this past week in the Missouri House of Representatives included a visit from Israeli Consul General, Maor Elbiz-Starinsky.
He spoke out from the dais against the horrific …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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2/14/24
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JEFFERSON CITY — Following the House’s passage of HB 1488, a bill that will help parents find affordable child care and enter the job market, NFIB State Director Brad Jones called on …
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2/14/24
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A strange thing is happening out in California, where people are starting to live in caves. If you remember, I wrote about my grandfather and I staying in caves on the Big Piney River in the 60s. We …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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2/14/24
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For most of two hours, the little beagle had struck trail after trail, and hotly pursued a half dozen cottontails in circles that wound around broamsedge, cedar thickets and patches of briar and …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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2/7/24
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I n my column from Jan. 10, I reviewed M. Scott Peck’s book, “The Road Less Traveled.” Now, I want to touch on another of his books, “People of the Lie, The Hope for Healing …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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2/7/24
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Each January, voting delegates from all around the country gather at American Farm Bureau’s (AFBF) Annual Convention.
Appropriately themed “New Frontiers,” this year’s …
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BY GARRETT HAWKINS, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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2/7/24
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When I am hunting and fishing now I am almost always alone and I have conversations with myself. Some say that when someone does that, it is an indication that they are crazier than a pet coon, but I …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/31/24
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L ast Friday, President Joe Biden released a statement assuring America that the long-awaited immigration bill, currently in the U.S. Senate, would solve our problems and allow him to shut down the …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/31/24
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BY State Rep. Bruce Sassmann
Missouri’s 61st District
I want to start by saying “thank you” to the city and the citizens of Gerald for being the first …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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1/31/24
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In 2022, the United States imported 3.4 billion pounds of boxed beef and 1.6 million live cattle.
Through August 2023 the U.S. imported 20% more beef than we exported. Meatpackers and traders …
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By Darvin Bentlage
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1/31/24
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To the Editor:
I have not been on social media since 2015, but reliable sources inform me there is no lack of opinion being voiced on the legitimacy of the school district canceling classes …
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1/31/24
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R eleased as a single in April 1975, Charlie Daniels’ “Long Haired Country Boy” only reached 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It’s a great song.
Although the refrain would …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/24/24
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House Republican Caucus on Jan. 12 announced a new sub-caucus Policy Development Caucus (PDC) which will evaluate and discuss House Bills proposed by its members …
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1/24/24
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January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Of all the issues we face as a nation and society, the kidnapping and enslaving of our fellow Americans is the gravest. Like the fentanyl crisis, …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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1/24/24
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The last few days of deer season are tough. Those final days for me occur at the close of the ‘muzzle- loader season” when whitetail deer are almost finished with the ‘rut’ …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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1/17/24
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O n June 25, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14035 to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal workforce. As I pointed out in a previous column …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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1/17/24
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