By Blake Hurst
Bacon is popular, but living near a hog farm is not. Bacon isn’t possible without hogs, so if we want bacon, we’re going to have to raise pigs. Missouri Senate Bill 391 is opposed by people who either don’t like bacon or don’t realize how it’s made. The bill would require that county regulations aimed at livestock production ought not be “inconsistent with or more stringent than” state regulations. Senate Bill 391 would simply mean that farmers would face consistent rules across the state.
Editorials
Dehumanization
Dehumanization has a natural progression. It starts by defining a whole race or ethnicity by its worst members, say Muslims or sex offenders. It moves on to enforce generally applicable laws and rules that especially hurt a targeted group. Then, as the public at large becomes desensitized by governent-sponsored declarations of doom and gloom, the group can be singled out for hatred and harm. Thus begins the descent, step by step, into a moral abyss.
Trump is making amazing progress
A word in response to Mr. Hartley from Salem. Trump cheating? Huh! You/we all need to be truth seekers and fact checkers. Most of all, we have to stop electing career politicians in both parties whose power and greed come before the good of the country.
Abnormal situation
In last week’s paper Elizabeth Foster says some good things about dealing with differences of opinion, such as "Solutions are never easy, but careful, consideration, could move all humans to higher ground."
Women, stand up
Women of Missouri: Stand up with Beverly McInnis (5/23/19) and all the educated, thinking women like her. Don’t let men legislate our bodies!
Seek an abortion solution for everyone
Our nation has once again stepped into a morass. It continues to amaze me that thinking and rational minds of people remain polarized. Neither willing to take a step from entrenched beliefs, to begin a search for a solution. Instead each side try to fault, find the other side, attempting to make more noise than the other.