This week, Indianapolis plays host to nearly 70,000 FFA members from across the country, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These students have worked months, if not years, for the opportunity …
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By JANET ADKISON
Director of Public Affairs and Advocacy, Missouri Farm Bureau
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11/8/23
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As one of my readers recently pointed out, “The first casualty of War is Truth,” — a 1918 quote attributed to Calif. Senator Hiram Warren Johnson. It turns out many antisemitics …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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11/8/23
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Last week, we discussed the many appropriations bills Congress needs to pass to keep the government running. We are in the middle of that process now and are debating everything from the funding of …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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11/8/23
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Dear Editor,
President Biden’s scrip writer made Biden sound like a strong leader, an informer of peace, a supporter of Israel. We all know Biden can not put two sentences together on his …
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11/8/23
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Dear Editor,
Judicial Watch started by Tom Fitton investigates legal and judicial activities where corruption exist and fights for accountability, integrity in law, politics and government. …
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11/8/23
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I talk to outdoorsmen around the Ozarks it is amazing how ignorant they are about their rights as hunters and fishermen. The greater percentage of those I talk to wrongly believe that agents can come …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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11/8/23
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A couple of weeks ago I was talking with guide in Ontario who got a good laugh out of the bear hunting which forbids using bait. He said that without bait, few bears would ever be killed anywhere. In …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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11/1/23
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When the Corps of Discovery Expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, met in St. Charles to start their journey up the Missouri River in 1804, the native Americans in the central part of …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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11/1/23
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The afternoon of September 30, 2023, came and went with its fair share of drama, including narrowly avoiding a government shutdown and the subsequent ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
One …
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BY GARRETT HAWKINS, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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11/1/23
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Dear Editor,
Events of Oct. 7 in Israel seem contrary to promises the world made to “never forget” what happened to these people throughout history and particularly during WWII. …
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10/25/23
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Over the last eight years, there has been an estimated 580 percent increase in Americans being taken hostage around the world, according to a report in the New York Times .
Currently, over 50 …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/25/23
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Much like learning a second language, exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) at an early age prepares students for ongoing success in an increasingly technological world. …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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10/25/23
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In mid-October, Lake of the Woods, Ontario, looked like it was mid-September; no red and yellow foliage to amount to much, just green hillsides and water warmer than I had ever seen it. The …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/25/23
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I wish I could have been so skillful to put these feeling in words.
Senator Cindy O’Laughin’s capitol report this week is better than anything I could have written. I …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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10/25/23
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Dear Editor,
Military and police families who had loved ones killed or maimed defending the freedoms/laws of America are enraged by how the Democratic Party leaders have destroyed those …
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10/18/23
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Dear Editor,
Have you ever felt like you have been to hell and back, live in pain every day, yet you thank the good Lord every day that you were born, raised, and grew old in the greatest …
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10/18/23
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Dear Editor,
Did anyone catch the LTE in the U.D. from Fr. Stephen Jones about an audit? It is available online at https://diojeffcity.org/finance-and-accounting/.
I have not had the chance …
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10/18/23
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The news coming from Israel is downright shocking. Horrific images and videos of heartless terrorists celebrating their destruction strike anger in our hearts and pain in our souls. Israel, our …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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10/18/23
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Rotten luck, that’s all you can call it! The day before my birthday, in mid-October, I was fishing in Canada, way out in the Lake of the Woods, and found a great spot for walleye in a remote …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/18/23
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T he Palestinian Islamist terrorist group Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7, where they executed, raped, tortured, beheaded, burned alive and kidnapped over a …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/18/23
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