By Phill Brooks
The eve of the 2020 legislative session reminds me of an era when there was a more organized effort to find, before the start of the session, bicameral and bipartisan solutions to the state's most pressing problems.
Editorials
Missouri jobs are paid for by world trade
By Eric Bohl
Throughout November, Missouri Farm Bureau highlighted international trade’s impact on Missouri’s economy. A six-part video series entitled “Paid by Trade” brought to life the everyday Missourians whose daily lives are affected by trade.
Economic freedom strong in Missouri
By R.W. Hafer
Missouri is the 16th most economically-free state in the union according to the just released 2019 edition of the Economic Freedom of North America. The report is published by Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think tank. New Hampshire ranked as the most economically free state, with New York at the bottom of the list.
The (silent) one percent
By Matthew Evans
What does it take to be in the one percent? Well, in our four counties (Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, & Texas) it takes a lot. In fact, to be in the one percent you are under 18. You found yourself faced with no choice. You are removed from your home. You are likely a victim of physical or sexual abuse or neglect.
Broadband still elusive 50 years after Internet’s birth
By Eric Bohl
On October 29, historians and computer scientists celebrated the 50th birthday of the internet. On that day in 1969, the very first login to the internet occurred. The “birth” connected a terminal at UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute, about 350 miles away.
Some impeachment similarities, contrasts
By Phill Brooks
There are some intriguing similarities, but also contrasts between the current U.S. House investigation of Pres. Donald Trump and last year's Missouri House investigation of Gov. Eric Greitens. Both investigations began with committee hearings held behind closed doors.