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Fisheries biologists started creating hybrid fish years ago. It hasn’t always worked out the way they thought it would. The cross of walleyes and saugers, produce something they called a …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/4/23
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T here are two types of people in this world, positive and negative. I have been a positive person with a sunny outlook on life for as long as I can remember. When someone asks me how I am doing, I …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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8/2/23
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On Nov. 22, 1963 — 60 years ago today — the 35th President of the United States was riding in the presidential limousine, a Lincoln with the top off, through the city of Dallas, Texas, …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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11/22/23
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To the Editor:
“Marijuana is not safe. It can kill you.”
It most certainly can. But then again, so can sharing our nation’s roadways with people who run red lights or …
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8/2/23
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As Missouri lawmakers face state budget proposals in the 2024 legislative session, they might want to consider what their staff had reported about the financial impact of tax cuts passed in prior …
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By Phill Brooks, Contributing Columnist
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12/27/23
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For your benefit, there are community leaders gathering in Montgomery County to discuss economic development for the region.
There are those working behind the scenes to bring economic …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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11/22/23
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About an hour before sunset I maneuvered the big pontoon boat across the wide and windy waters of Stockton Lake. I found a good spot of calm water out of the wind, off an eastern-facing bluff. I …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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5/8/24
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O n Good Friday, April 8, 1966, Time magazine published its iconic cover with three simple words: Is God Dead? Today, 57 years later, many in our society have turned away from God. They don’t …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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6/7/23
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The interim, the period of time between sessions, for this Missouri legislator is my time for cleaning up from the past session and preparing to start over for the next.
The May 12 paper toss …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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6/7/23
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Mont Cleary was not well-liked. Folks said he had killed a man in the 40s after a poker game on the river by pushing him over a bluff.
Argis Blackfern was a good old boy that everyone in the …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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3/20/24
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To the Editor:
I must question the judiciousness of anyone who takes, at face value, anything said by a national politician (or the government as a whole).
Pointing out a politician’s …
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6/7/23
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Empathy — not to be confused with sympathy — is the capacity to understand another person’s point of view and, by extension, their suffering. According to thoughtco.com, …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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9/27/23
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While state legislators were in Jefferson City for the annual veto session on Sept. 13, Missouri Speaker of the House Dean Plocher appointed me as Trustee to the Missouri Humanities Council Trust …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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9/27/23
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I n the 1980s, First Lady Nancy Reagen created her “Just Say No” campaign for illegal drugs. Many times, she was mocked by the media and Democrats for being naive.
Wikipedia reports …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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3/13/24
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What would your perfect job look like?
You might choose to be your own boss, with space to creatively express yourself and feel fulfilled by your work. Maybe you would want day-to-day novelty, …
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By Gary Ritter, For the Missouri Independent
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9/27/23
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This week I took a special interest in HB1751.
The bill would stop the development of a landfill in Kansas City. Those wanting to stop the development say the landfill will do …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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3/13/24
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While there is still one week to go until the Senate’s legislative spring break, we are technically at the midway point of the 2024 session.
This week, the Senate passed its first big …
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By State Sen. Justin Brown, Missouri's 16th District
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3/13/24
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The Gasconade County R-II School Board is proposing another one of their “no tax rate increase” bond issues.
The district is proposing adding another $16,500,000.00 ($16.5 million …
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3/13/24
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Missouri’s Senate is heading into uncharted territory that could disrupt the legislative process for the remaining months of this year’s session.
It involves a deep split among …
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By Phill Brooks, Contributing Columnist
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3/13/24
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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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