To the editor: Missouri National Organization for Women (NOW) has learned that the executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission has just resumed his job after a court found that he had ...more

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To the editor: The "Crisis in Higher-Education" is generally thought of as one of: Not enough kids getting into college College needs to be made more affordable The conventional thinking ...more

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To the editor: When promises get made to working Americans and then those promises are broken, people lose confidence in their government. That's exactly what has happened to 32,000 Missourians ...more

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To the editor: Thanks to some great research done by Kevin Martin, we now know a lot more about the history of the Low Water Bridge on Shoal Creek. According to a Joplin News Herald article ...more

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To the editor: I have often felt that Roy Blunt has a habit of speaking out of both sides of his mouth. As the Chair of the 7th Congressional District whom Blunt previously represented in US ...more

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To the editor: It is sad and shameful to see that the students of the Belton School district, just south of Kansas City, have been getting shortchanged to the tune of $500,000 per yearpossibly going ...more

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To the editor: On December 26th-28th, 2015, we witnessed historic flooding impact in the Four State Area. Shoal Creek, a tributary of Spring River that runs through Wildcat Park, shattered ...more

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To the editor: The flooding in our region has been heart-wrenching. Because we' are a local portable buildings manufacturer, and have seen what your community has faced, we would like to offer our ...more

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To the editor: Daniel Horowitz is the managing director of the Chemical Safety Board, a small agency charged with investigating refinery, fertilizer plant, and other industrial chemical accidents. ...more

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To the editor: It was both disconcerting and a point of concern to learn that Rep. Billy Long (MO 7th District) along with several other representatives voted recently against the labeling of food ...more

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To the editor: Dogs are more than just pets--they're family members. That's why when I first learned about a product reportedly harming our four-legged friends, i didn't need to be convinced this ...more

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To the editor: Now that our 4th of July celebrations proclaiming our Independence from British tyranny are over, our attentions should turn to the tyranny coming from our Federal Government in ...more

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To the editor: Houston, we have a problem. Those historic words uttered by Astronaut Jim Lovell in 1970 following a catastrophic event that disabled the Apollo 13 spacecraft, seemingly stranding ...more

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To the editor: This week, the Missouri Senate Budget Committee proposed significant cuts to the Departments of Mental Health, Social Services and Health and Senior Services that in total will ...more

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To the editor: The closing remarks of the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), Thomas S. Monson, in last October's LDS General Conference, admonished us all to ...more

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To the editor: We will begin surveying in the spring, a neighbor was told by a Grain Belt Express (GBE) land agent. GBE land agents continue to give the impression they will receive a Certificate ...more

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To the editor: The time has come for the good citizens of Missouri to rise up in righteous indignation for the criminal embarrassment that has occurred in Ferguson, Missouri. It is pastime for the ...more

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To the editor: On November 24, 2014, the St. Louis region learned the results of the grand jurys investigation into the events surrounding the use of deadly force by a Ferguson police officer. ...more

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To the editor: In the days since Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, there has been an outpouring of anger and grief across the nation. My own reaction is simultaneously one ...more

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To the editor: The shooting in Ferguson, Missouri of the 18-year-old unarmed black male by a policeman is an example of a lawman doing the opposite of what is expected of a lawman--that is, to ...more

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To The Editor: The Missouri Retired Teachers Association and Public Schools Personnel (MRTA) recently sent an e-mail to its members warning them about the Show-Me Institutes request for financial ...more

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Craig Cobb, 62, in late April 2014, was sentenced to four years of probation for terrorizing residents of Leith, North Dakota, where he unsuccessfully tried to establish an all-white enclave. He ...more

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To the editor: In my role as a child advocate and former foster parent, I meet victims and learn of experiences that highlight the tragic and horribly profound impact resulting from child abuse ...more

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To the editor: Senators Ryan Silvey and Brian Munzlinger and Representative Sheila Solon are sponsors of a bill to ease the financial burden of Missourians with cancer. The senators are working to ...more

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To the editor: Comcast Corp., the largest cable company in the U.S., is moving to combine with its chief competitor, Time Warner Inc., the second largest cable company in the U.S. Because the deal ...more

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To the editor: We are now six weeks into the 2014 legislative session, and there is a lot that needs to happen for Missouri to pass Medicaid Expansion this year. We need to be sure our legislators ...more

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To the editor: The fact that House Republicans have decided to make immigration reform a top priority for the year is a sign that they appreciate the fact that addressing this issue is crucial to ...more

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To the editor: As the Missosuri General Assembly convenes for its 2014 session, it is imperative that they include reforming Missouris Tax Increment Financing (TIF) laws at the top of the priority ...more

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To the editor: The failings of Obamacare are painfully clear from loss of coverage to increased premiums, but the secrecy in the law raises serious moral and ethical issues. Pro-life Americans ...more

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To the editor: My brother Weldon Angelos is a talented musician, producer, and loving father. But for the past 10 years his kids have grown up without their dad because he's serving a mandatory ...more

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To the editor: Abortion is an issue of paramount importance to many people. When does human life begin? There are differences of opinion on this issue. What do we know? In Roe vs Wade ...more

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To the editor: Some of you may know of this already, but in case you dont, you should. The Mammalian Meat Allergy (aka Alpha-Gal Allergy) is a recently described tick-borne condition. It is ...more

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To the editor: Following this months elections, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was hailed as the savior of the Republican Party and anointed by several Beltway bloviators as the presumptive ...more

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To the Editor: Inspectors are reviewing the list of chemical weapons provided by Syria and working on destroying the known chemical stockpiles and equipment. However, American and Middle East ...more

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To the editor: Recently, someone asked, We always hear about Social Security running out of money, but why dont we ever hear about Welfare running out of money? That is a very good question ...more

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to the editor (and readers): If you like the government shutdown, costing us billions of tax dollars per week, read no farther. Representative Billy Long stated in the Springfield News Leader ...more

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To the editor: Please share and help me get this out to the national media. It is a situation that happened in Joplin to Kevin Russell and his son. I feel this issue should be reported! I live in ...more

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To the editor: We can't establish peace in world forever, we cant stop the bomb blast forever, we cant stop the wars and atomic wars forever, we cant finish the poverty from the world forever, we ...more

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To the editor: I was moved to action by Steve Lohrs recent guest editorial in local newspapers concerning the dire straits that face his agency, SEK-CAP, and the many folks in Southeast Kansas ...more

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To the editor: Edward Snowden is not a human rights activist, he is a loathsome (abominable) traitor and spy. He stated his aim was to inform the world about the surveillance programs operated ...more

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To the editor: Twenty-two members of the House of Representatives recently sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, asking him to hold a debate on the House floor about the science of ...more

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Trina McDonald cuddles service dog Shea. To the editor: I traveled to Washington, D.C., for the first time in my life to carry my message of removing prosecutions of military sexual assaults ...more

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To the editor: Marilyn Beasley and Paul Greenberg are often posted in the Joplin Globe. Mr. Greenberg's forum wasn't too bad today [May 26, 2013] but he usually smacks of anti-Obamaism, blaming ...more

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To the editor: Nuclear threats made by North Korea followed by terrorism in Boston--demonstrate the need for a strong defense. If we let the national debt get to the point where all revenue is ...more

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o the editor: More than a century ago Rep. Willard Duncan Vandiver concisely captured Missouris political sensibility, telling a crowd in Philadelphia that "frothy eloquence neither convinces nor ...more

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To the editor: Sometimes I imagine that my son Cameron is still overseas serving in the Air Force -- and then Key Bank (HQ-Cleveland, Ohio) sends a bill demanding that I pay for his student loans, ...more

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To the editor: In response to IRS officials on May 10, 2013, admitting that its agents actively targeted Tea Party groups for increased scrutiny during the 2012 election, the nation's largest Tea ...more

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To the editor: I now make the request that all interested parties... especially Missouri teachers... become proactive in guaranteeing the future well-being of the Public School Retirement System. ...more

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To the editor: Regarding the Emergency Contraception Pill, the "evaluation report of approved medication containing levonorgestrel" clarifies researches that give cause for the marketing of the ...more

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To the editor: Policymakers have used economic development tax credits to gamble with taxpayer money for years, but the results have been disappointing. Missouri continues to fall behind our ...more

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To the editor: The attorneys for a pregnant Texas teen are arguing that a minor cannot be forced by her parents to get an abortion, because the law gives her the choice to keep her baby.  ...more

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To the editor: Regarding Pope Benedict XVIs Christmas address, December 21, 2012: I commend Pope Benedict XVI for strongly denouncing homosexuality and same-sex marriage in his annual Christmas ...more

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To the editor: The recent tragedy at a Connecticut school shooting points out the need for stronger security measures to help prevent or mitigate loss of life at our schools. The emergency plans ...more

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To the editor: The infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" helped everyone realize that earmarks were a abusive practice that should be outlawed. Unfortunately Todd Akin did not get the memo. Akin has ...more

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To the editor: Something Biden said during the debate with Ryan stuck; I couldnt shake it. One of the last questions referenced religious belief and views on abortion. Biden indicated that he ...more

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To the editor: Regarding the controversial referee call during the NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks and the AP article "NFL upholds Seahawks’ disputed win over ...more

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To the editor: I am upset about the child abuse committed by Sandusky and the cover up by Paterno, Curley, Schulz and Spanier. The lives of many young children have been adversely impacted by ...more

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To the editor: This year the candidates for President will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising. One telling us of the heroic things he has done and the other telling us of the ...more

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To the editor: The idea of the EPA flying drones over Missouri farmland is deeply disturbing. The EPA assumes that Missouri farmers are the bad guys and are overreaching yet again. The Obama ...more

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To the editor: ...SIFE is a great student organization and is highly respected among corporate organizations. As a former student of MSSU, I would love to see the Plaster School of Business start ...more

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To the editor: Throughout history, men have committed true outragesone of them is cannibalism, or the practice of eating human flesh by an ancient Antillean people. There have also been cases of ...more

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To the editor: ICYMI [in case you missed it], the Missouri House yet again has wasted time and resources revisiting an unfair approach to workers' compensation, even after Governor Nixon's recent ...more

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To the editor: As then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said about health care reform, We have to pass the bill so you can find out whats in it. Friday, March 23, 2012, marks the second ...more

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To the editor: If you want a case study in why Missouri is the worst state in the nation in terms of business friendliness, you need look no further than the behavior of Jay Nixon and his veto of ...more

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To the editor: I have filed to run for Missouri's 133rd state legislative office instead of my (mostly performance art) campaign against Billy Long. In announcing I wanted to make yet another ...more

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To the editor: Rush Limbaughs comments about Georgetown student Sandra Fluke, calling her a slut and prostitute during his radio show has cost him dearly. In the past few days, groups such as the ...more

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To the editor: Independent voters, affiliated with neither the Republican nor Democratic party, will be wooed in the months leading up to the November general election. As a voting group ...more

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To the editor: We would like to introduce you to a new service available to the public in Missouri (state wide) and Western Illinois. We are the Wildlife Hotline, manned 24/7, and formed by ...more

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To the editor: Gingrich's marital affairs are fair game, more so than Edwards's, Spitzer's or Clinton's, because only pro-family, pro-life, ethics-committee-chairman Gingrich hypocritically aired ...more

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To the editor: As a pediatrician, I see children admitted to my service each winter with pertussis, or whooping cough. These kids are miserable as uncontrollable, painful coughing makes their ...more

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To the editor: The United States House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to KILL the CLASS program without offering an alternative. This means that people with disabilities ...more

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To the editor: Once again the Costa Concordia tragedy shows us part of the human experience is to feel the pain and the loss of others as though it were our own. As a maritime physician - in ...more

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To the editor: As a former naval officer; officer-of-the deck underway, independent and formation steaming; and qualified marine navigator and instructor, I have questions concerning the grounding ...more

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To the editor: At Christmas we are dazzled by the shopping lights of the season. We tend to forget that Jesus Christ, the true light of the world, is present - closer to us than we are to ...more

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To the editor: Newt Gingrich was speaker, ethics Committee chair and Clinton's loudest critic during MonicaGate, which the "liberal press" tried so very hard to cover up that somehow they missed ...more

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To the editor: The U.S. Postal Service's plan to close the Springfield Mail Processing Center and move its operation to Kansas City poses a serious threat to prompt, reliable and convenient ...more

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To the editor: I am aware that your town has been affected by tornados and wanted to make you aware of a financial makeover program that might interest your readers. Local financial advisor, Jason ...more

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To the editor: Monsanto is at it again. Despite commanding over 60% of the U.S. corn market, they want morethey want to be on your plate. For the first time, Monsanto is marketing a ...more

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To the editor: The recent Supreme Court decision upholding the First Amendment right of the Westboro Baptist Church, Topeka, KS to picket at the funerals of military personnel was a victory for ...more

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To the editor: Congress no longer represents The People, only special interests. Do we like the way they have handled our tax money, economy, border, health care, Social Security money, ...more

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To the editor: For decades many incumbents have returned to Washington with no other purpose than (1) to do the bidding of very gracious, deep-pocketed lobbyists, (2) do as they are told by their ...more

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To the editor: Our forefathers designed the US House Of Representatives to represent the people of each of our current 435 districts. Modern politics has changed the House so its members no longer ...more

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To the editor: Never forget 9/11/2001. Never forget Bush at that instant: seven minutes of dumbfounded silence. Never forget the next-day words of Bush, "Go shopping", and EPA director ...more

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To the editor: The propaganda machine in Washington DC has created any number of "War on" programs, including Lyndon Johnson's failed "War on Poverty," the "War on Drugs" and "The War on Terror." ...more

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To the editor: Regarding the death of singer Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse's public decent into the primitive abyss of promiscuous sex, profanity and drugs is a reflection of a society that, as ...more

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Carla Klein of Renew Missouri is passing along this information. To the editor: A recent article in the St. Louis The Post Dispatch painted a gloom-and-doom slant on the recent court decision ...more

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To the editor: "We sang beautiful patriotic hymns that only the adults knew because the songs are no longer taught at school." This was part of an e-mail describing the wonderful patriotic ...more

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To the editor: Thank you for reminding me of the Pro Musica Pops Concert. It was awesome in a very special way. There was a palpable feeling of the spirit of the audience, of the essence of ...more

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To the editor: Within the past few weeks, the city of Joplin, with much help from the region and indeed the entire nation, has begun to cope with the tornado's human and also its not readily ...more

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To the editor: Jesus warns us not to see the events in Joplin as somehow the wrath of an angry God. Evil came into the world not by God's willing it; but through the devil and human ...more

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To the editor: The officers and crew of USS Missouri [the fifth ship representing the state] extend their support and condolences to the people of Missouri in response to the tornado devastation ...more

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To the editor: Joplin Dear Friends, I write from Chile very saddened by the deaths caused by the hurricane, and I give my condolences to the families of the deceased. May God give you strength in ...more

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To the editor: When Robert Gibbs castigated the "professional left" - and when Rahm Emanuel used a far more offensive term [f-ing retarded] to describe liberal administration critics - I proudly ...more

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To the editor: As a former naval officer who served a tour of duty as an intelligence officer, I am astonished at the covert information released to the media by the U.S. government. The ...more

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To the editor: When the twin towers fell on 9/11, I was living in the woods in a log cabin. I was shut off from the news of it until someone visited and told me. That night I heard about all the ...more

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To the editor: I see in the paper that the state is in financial trouble. The reason for this is failure to carry the global economy to its logical conclusion. In 1994, Congress approved NAFTA ...more

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To the editor: I'm pretty sure you are familiar with Proposition B, voted in as law 12/02/2010. In Prop. B there is no reference to cows, pigs or any other farm animal - as many say. Please ...more

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To the editor: Recently with little fanfare in the media, the TSA airport passenger inspectors boasted that the Patriot Law allowed them to strip-search any airline passenger at any time for no ...more

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To the editor: As a cartoonist and former congressional seat hopeful, I normally focus my blog on national politics and web-comics. But last Friday, I brainstormed alternatives to the smoking ban ...more

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To the editor: Rape victims in Missouri deserve comprehensive, compassionate care when they seek help in Missouri emergency rooms. Currently, emergency rooms in Missouri are not required to offer ...more

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To the editor: Nuclear energy is the equivalent of a vile of aged nitro-glycerin in a room full of playful, curious kittens. No matter how well you hide or attempt to disguise that vile, those ...more

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To the editor: Everyone is concerned by the deficits, both state and federal. Deficits are not a good thing for the country. I am in complete agreement that something needs to be done, ...more

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To the editor: Ash Wednesday (March 9) marks the beginning if the season of Lent. It is a time when we fast with joy, submitting ourselves to spiritual struggles in preparation for the sorrowful ...more

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To the editor: Very unfortunate that the local alleged regular media, particularly ch. 7 teeeveee, chose not to mention Saturday [Feb. 26, 2011] the passing of Bill Grigsby, famed former Chiefs ...more

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To the editor: The deceptive wording on the ballot of Proposition B is intentionally aimed at misleading Missouri's voters. It's not about basic humane care; we already have regulations in place ...more

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To the editor: I think the people of Missouri should be made aware of the injustice and waste being imposed upon not just the voting class citizen, but upon those who have been or are incarcerated ...more

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To the editor: To anyone planning to see New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the newest Republican darling, touring America with his message of reform: Ask him about "Race to the Top", Obama's ...more

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To the editor: In all the hub-bub of asking the common folks to provide proof of ID, we are failing to ask that of every single person that has run and been elected for positions in our ...more

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To the editor: I wish to encourage the America government to end its war in the Middle East. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979), one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century once ...more

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To the Editor, I am writing this letter concerning the voting process in the state of Missouri. Therefore, I am writing to the people of Missouri and every state in the United States, if your ...more

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To the editor: I question the endorsement of a Missouri 7th district Congressional representative by the Missouri Right to Life (MRL). I am wondering why the candidate was selected when his ...more

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To the editor: The initials BP stand for "British Petroleum." May I suggest several others? How about, "Bigger Prices" since BP gas stations are usually five to ten cents higher per gallon than ...more

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To the editor: Regarding the SWAT team raid on the Columbia, MO home: Yes, the warrant was issued as a result of informants. The video came from a head mounted police camera. More info ...more

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To the editor: The Jasper County Libertarian Party expresses its strong opposition to HB 1551, which proposes new regulations for "adult "businesses. We regard this as a crude and cynical attempt ...more

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To the editor: There are books to be written on why CWIP is a mistake but here's a condensed version in response to Ed Emery's piece: Thank you for the opportunity to air this issue where ...more

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To the editor: President Obama should be ashamed of himself for pushing a policy that moves America backward in our quest for energy independence. Instead of calling for more off shore drilling, ...more

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To the editor: Like many Americans, I am concerned about the effect that government pensions are having on the economy. And this is not necessarily a matter of whether or not the pensions are ...more

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To the editor: Poor John Boehner! So bitterly you wept as you bemoaned the Democrats ramming health care through Congress, and so pitifully you sob that they've violated the will of the American ...more

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To the editor: It was recently brought to my attention by Curtis Dubay of the Heritage Foundation that some additional taxes in the budget were proposed by President Obama. The president says that ...more

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To the editor: Oil is a diminishing and expensive source of energy, and coal is dirty. Alternative energy sources, including solar and wind power, can only provide 10% to 20% of our energy ...more

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To the editor: President Obama is presenting another proposal following another likewise rejected American national health care plan. May I propose that President Obama and all liberal ...more

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To the editor: President Obama stated in news conferences in early 2009 the stimulus program will CREATE an estimated 3.5 million new jobs by the end of 2010 and unemployment should stay below ...more

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To the editor: Your story about Organ Donation for older patients highlighted the tragic shortage of human organs for transplant operations. Over 50% of the people on the national transplant ...more

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To the editor: On Friday, President Obama announced plans to triple federal loan guarantees for constructing new nuclear power plants in America to 54 billion dollars, and to form a "blue ribbon" ...more

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To the editor: President Obama announced on Thursday that he would pursue legislation to fix America's broken financial system. Why have the President and Congress waited so long to introduce a ...more

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To the editor: We would like to thank the thousands of people who have supported our efforts to bring to light the good and not so good about our little community. The emails we recieve daily show ...more

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To the editor: When President Obama was campaigning for President he made a solemn pledge he would eliminate or reduce earmarks. He broke that promise during the push to implement the new ...more

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To the editor: President Obama naively suggests the world can be free of nuclear weapons if the U.S. and Russia commit to arms reduction. Obama is negotiating a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ...more

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To the editor: Thursday morning in the Dirksen Senate office building, nine peaceful protesters refused to leave Joseph Lieberman's office until the senator agreed that he would stop taking ...more

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To the editor: I just finished reading a book which presents the picture of outreach fellowships which we shall call "the Church." In our land it stated that 85 % of these churches have plateaued ...more

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To the editor: President Obama is trying to decide our military strategy in Afghanistan. He is mulling over input from his civilian and military advisers, and members of Congress, but he cannot ...more

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To the editor: President Obama continues to pitch his reckless and unrealistic health care initiative to the public. Big Brother Obama wants Congress to pass a bill quickly before Congress and ...more

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The Missouri Sons of Union Veterans plan to place a monument on September 26, 2009, to honor the men of Colonel James A. Mulligan's "Irish Brigade" at the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site. ...more

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To the editor: Notice this: During Bush's Iraq war (of choice), Republicans said, "Support the President!," while Democrats asked, "How to pay for this?" Now during Obama's recovery (of ...more

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To the editor: We all know the contentious nature of those opposed to President Obama on any subject and how loud and raucous, rude, and objectionist they are being on the national issues, ...more

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To the editor: President Obama has confirmed my fear of having a president with terrible judgment. His recent accusation that the Cambridge, MA police acted stupidly in the arrest of a black ...more

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To the editor: My son was recently fired without cause. He told one of two new bosses he needed off the next day and was given the okay. the next day he went in to get his check and the other new ...more

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To the editor: President Obama damaged the CIA when he released memos describing the enhanced interrogation techniques used on high level terrorists. He weakened the CIA when he said he would ...more

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To the editor: I, along with the entire staff of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri, am shocked and saddened by the tragic and senseless murder of Dr. George Tiller. Dr. Tiller was shot ...more

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To the editor: It just dawned on me. Did anyone in Newton County ever inquire on what and how much the property taxes are/were on the new Moark facility? It seems it would be very high with the ...more

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To the editor: We outlawed verbal daily prayers in our public schools in the early 1960s. Consider our Godlessness since: the drug culture; legalized abortion; the teaching of evolution and ...more

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To the editor: Upon reading your article 2009 Missouri Legislature: successes and failures, I wanted to bring a particular point to your attention. Your use of the term anti-choice is very ...more

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To the editor: The recent killings of 13 people by Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Voong in Binghamton points to the need to more stringent screening of those who would live in our country. When ...more

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To the editor: Society deserves something back from Bernie Madoff, and all those other finance crooks. Enslave them in hard labor camps. Test all drugs, tortures and surgical techniques on them ...more

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To the editor: Where is the $1.42 billion Eli Lily Zyprexa settlement going as many victim claimants haven't been paid yet? It's the largest pharma-fraud-whistleblower case in US history. Eli ...more

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To the editor: Bailing Out this Capitol Hill and UAW plan is socialistic insanity. Dr. Mark J. Perry, professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the ...more

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To the editor: As you may or may not be aware The Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Kansas City Star had a litigation interest in lawsuits about e-mail. Further, there are fact ...more

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To the editor: (For Sen. Obama) I have had my eye on you since you were a keynote speaker in the 2004 Democratic Convention. I saw then that you would be bursting on the scene; however, I was ...more

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To the editor: Thank you for running the essay by K. Dimon OK, Missouri, Show Me. Now, how about running a story on veteran's issues? I mean, I nearly fell out of my chair when John McCain ...more

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To the editor: I have written e-mails and made phone calls to the White House and to Congress. I would like to know why our government continues to exclude the average American citizen instead of ...more

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To the Editor: If you think of Democrats as tax and spend," just remember that Clinton handed the Republican administration a $236 billion surplus which they turned into a $482 billion deficit, ...more

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To the editor: In this election year, one important constituency is being overlooked: children. Millions of American children are in serious jeopardy today. It's a shameful fact that should be ...more

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To the editor: I am 65 years old, and I live in Maben, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, 18 miles west of Starkville, home of Mississippi State University. I live alone, since my ...more

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To the editor: What Lonny Steele said about Copeland's report card: In reference to a report in the August 6, 2008 addition of the Neosho Daily News Sheriff Ken Copeland said it was time ...more

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To the editor: As your recent stories depicted, methamphetamine abuse is a major problem in Missouri. Statewide, methamphetamine involvement accounts for one of every eight foster care ...more

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To the editor: I've signed up for the We Campaign because I believe that by working together, we can solve the climate crisis. Will you join me? Just click on the link below to sign up and add ...more

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To the editor: I am a local (Joplin Area) student, with strong opinions against the current war, and war in general. I heard your name in conjunction with the "Joplin Independent" (very nice) ...more

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To the editor: Re: Push on for Marijuana Legalization, March 5, 2008. If Missouri had a ballot initiative process like Colorado, legalized use of the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis ...more

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To the editor: I am a small business owner and believe in the free market. Successes and failures of businesses can be attributed to market forces, societal trends, individual ingenuity and ...more

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To the editor: I was at the roundtable discussion about health care and the effects of the Medicaid cuts that Jay Nixon attended in Columbia. I was there to assist one of the gentlemen in a ...more

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To the editor: It's wishful thinking to hope there will be a national moratorium on factory farms. On the editorial page of the Omaha World Herald Ann Marie Kuehler from Hartington wrote ...more

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The JI received anonymous comments postmarked "Cape Girardeau, MO" in which the writer attempts to quote Col. James F. Keathley's September 2006 acceptance speech after being named head of the ...more

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To the editor: I drive by Joplin High School nearly every day on my way to work. I can change my route; I don't have children to drop at the school. But driving the full distance of Indiana Ave. ...more

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To the editor: We have the honor of raising $5,000,000 for a monument to George W. Bush. I am contacting you in hopes your readers will be willing to contribute to this noble cause. But first, a ...more

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To the editor: As a loyal Conservative Republican, I proudly helped return my party to majority status in the Missouri House in 2002 after a long 48 year absence. As the asst. majority leader I ...more

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To the editor: There are factory chicken houses being built near Roaring River State Park, Roaring River, Table Rock Lake and Mark Twin National Forest. Over 60 people wrote letters to ...more

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To the editor: In the ongoing media coverage of the process for evaluating and selecting the three judicial candidates for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Missouri, about half of all media ...more

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To the editor: From the Kansas City Star [Joplin Independent article is here], I just became aware of the question of Dennis and Chrissy Gessling's proposal to build a hog farm near Arrow Rock, ...more

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To the editor: I would like to thank you for your previous article regarding the "Branson" name issue in December. It has been a long eight months of never missing a single alderman meeting, but ...more

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To the editor: Okay, enough is enough. I urge every citizen to contact our Missouri State Legislators and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and demand that State, County and City petroleum ...more

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To the editor: On behalf of the Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, I would like to extend our gratitude to the many citizens who recognized and acted upon ...more

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To the editor: I am writing to express my personal opinion about the article in the April 7th Independent by: mariwinn While in full agreement with most everything else expressed in the article, ...more

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To the editor: Our “GOP Plan of Organization” is assembled by elected Republicans starting from our local precincts, local county, Congressional districts, state, and our National ...more

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To the editor: Matt Blunt says he wants to help people on Social Security who make more than $132,000 a year by lowering their taxes. The problem is he is robbing from a very poor group on social ...more

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To rhe editor: I have watched the Wal-Mart mentality pretty much ruin Southwest Missouri. I grew up here, left the area and recently came home. I was appalled at the condition of the rivers, ...more

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To the editor: I’d like to help educate your readers about cruel puppy mills that are throughout the State of Missouri and how they can avoid supporting them. It’s the holiday season ...more

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To the editor: In six days my daughter will turn 14 years old. When I was pregnant and learned I was having a girl, naturally I dreamed of all the things little girls love to do: dolls, tea ...more

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To the editor: I am writing this letter as a concerned taxpayer and registered voter. Recently, I discovered that the state commissioned a study to examine the future of the State Schools for ...more

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To the editor: I am the California parent of an 11-year old boy diagnosed as autistic at 2. I never expected to write to a Missouri paper, asking you to vote for a Senator. But, the words of ...more

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To the editor: In 1997 oil industry and media right-wingers formed the Project for the New American Century (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, etc). They immediately proposed military action to depose ...more

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To the editor: Hello my name is Krista Odaffer. I am a social worker at Missouri State University in Springfield. For a policy analysis class at Missouri State, I and several students are ...more

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Dear Editor, On 3-14-06 the United States Senate voted down and killed the Conrad 3013 "pay as you go" bill. The bill would have kept the Senate from spending money that it does not have. The ...more

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In Response to Missouri Rep. Ed Emery's "Will You Be Supporting Cures or Clones" found here. Dear Editor, Scare tactics and unsubstantiated rhetoric are unfortunate facts of politics in this ...more

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To the editor: Republican candidates across the entire nation are struggling desperately to distance themselves from George W. Bush and the kakistorcratic [society governed by its worst citizens] ...more

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To the editor: This week I watched the Senate debate what was called by some, the most important issue facing Americans today, amending our Constitution so gays will never be able to marry and ...more

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To the Editor: I live in Wisconsin, and have been closely following how the 7th District’s U.S. Congressman, interim Majority Leader Roy Blunt, was recently named one of the nation’s ...more

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To the editor: Police have arrested an estimated 771,608 persons for marijuana violations in 2004, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released in ...more

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To the editor: As Operation Iraqi Freedom continues it appears more people are concerned and wondering what they at home can do; how they can become involved and how they can support our many ...more

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To the Editor: September 21st was World Peace Day and in over 100 countries millions of people and their governments participated in programs, concerts, dances and speeches to celebrate the ...more

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To the editor: The Precautionary Principle argues that if the consequences of a course of action are unknown but suspected to be serious, it is better to avoid that course of action even if the ...more

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To the editor: I just found the shameful statement of our minister Trittin concerning the catastrophe in south USA. In the name of every respectable German I ask everyone in America and all over ...more

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To the editor: A generation ago Bob Dylan asked, "How many deaths will it take 'til they know that too many people have died?" Dylan's question, resonating through America, helped support our ...more

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Dear Editor: Notices were mailed out to Medicaid recipients notifying them of changes in eligibility requirements. The next day, the paper work specifically outlining these changes was mailed ...more

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To the editor: Since the Bush-Cheney team was elected last November and the Republicans increased control of Congress, GOP objectives have become increasingly clear. In the few months that they ...more

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To the editor: Thank you so much for your recent story on my Missouri Easter Egg at the White House. It was great! I especially appreciated your e-mail letting me know of the story's posting. ...more

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To the editor: Thanks to Mark Adams for bringing to light the devastating impact that factory farms pose to our environment ("The CAFO bill - legislation gone awry," April 16). Not only is ...more

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To the editor: I am shocked that our senators and representatives in Jefferson City are even considering passing a bill that would allow CAFOs to buy property next to your farm without even a ...more

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Dear Editor: In reference to the unregulated expansion of pollution-spewing factory farms, Mari Winn stated "The environment is easily sacrificed in the name of the almighty dollar" (Neosho CAFO ...more

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