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It’s a cliché to say that everything’s connected. But we live in a world where this is clearly true. Ideas, goods, services, workers, tourists, commerce, communications, drugs, …
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By Lee H. Hamilton
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11/24/21
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What can possibly go wrong when you funnel the private data of millions of citizens into the IRS?
It’s a terrifying thought, but it’s one we may soon face as U.S. House Democrats …
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By Max Cook
President and CEO
Missouri Bankers Association
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10/20/21
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Coca-Cola, Google, Delta Airlines, Blackrock, Unilever, and Facebook.
On its face, this list may sound like a great investment portfolio. Instead, as shown in a new book by former biotech CEO …
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BY DR. RICHARD D. KOCUR
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10/6/21
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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be an American, to have a shared stake in this country and its fortunes.
In some ways, I suppose the question is unanswerable: We are …
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BY LEE H. HAMILTON
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9/29/21
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Bill Clinton used the slogan “It’s the Economy, Stupid” in his presidential campaign against George H.W. Bush.
The idea was that a Clinton administration would deliver the …
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B R.W. HAFER
Director Center for Economics and the Environment in the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise
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9/22/21
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A month ago, we wrote a column on COVID-19 identifying a band of mostly rural counties from eastern Montana/western North Dakota down through Missouri and Texas and across the South where …
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By Dr. Harwood D. Schaffer and Dr. Daryll E. Ray
Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
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8/25/21
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Ongoing fight for voting rights shows how the weeds of aristocracy are alive and well in AmericaAmerica just recently commemorated its birthday, Independence Day, celebrating freedom from the …
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By Janice Ellis
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8/4/21
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Maybe it’s just a professional preoccupation, but I’ve always been intrigued by why voters cast their ballots as they do. I’ve never made a formal study of it, but have talked with …
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By Lee H. Hamilton
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8/4/21
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Fewer Missouri children were living in economically vulnerable households when the pandemic disrupted the economy than at the end of the Great Recession. The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2021 KIDS COUNT …
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6/23/21
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Baseball is a magnificent game. From the bright lights, rich traditions and smell of hot dogs found at a big league stadium to the loud pop of a mitt in the backyard, the sport is ingrained in all of …
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BY Garrett Hawkins
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6/9/21
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Leaders are the life-blood of small towns and rural communities. The success or failure of community development efforts often rests with the degree of leadership local residents are willing to …
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By Jordan Feyerherm, Community Development Manager Center for Rural Affairs
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6/2/21
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There is a fight going on over the heart of our democracy, and I worry that democracy is losing.
Over the last few months, several states have moved decisively to make it harder for their citizens …
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By Lee H. Hamilton
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5/26/21
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Having proposed trillions of dollars of additional federal spending, President Joe Biden and allies have launched a belated and somewhat desperate search for additional tax revenues.
The economic …
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By Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson
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5/19/21
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In 1937, after a series of rulings undercutting his New Deal legislation, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed expanding the Supreme Court to as many as 15 justices.
His attempt to use brute …
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BY U.S. Senator Roy Blunt
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5/12/21
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Senators Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., recently introduced legislation that would allow licensed medical professionals to provide treatment in any state through the remainder of the …
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By Sally C. Pipes
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4/28/21
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Rural residents and farmers understand the importance of good roads and bridges.
It’s the reason why Missouri Farm Bureau has long supported essential funding for our state and local highway …
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By Garrett Hawkins, President Missouri Farm Bureau
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4/21/21
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In recent years, black vultures have been extending their range into southern Missouri. A cousin of the more-common turkey vulture, these aggressive birds with a five-foot wingspan are now a common …
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Kelly Smith
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4/14/21
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While playing politics with healthcare in Missouri is certainly nothing new, holding Missouri Medicaid hostage over basic birth control is a stunning — and consequential — shift.
As captured …
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By MANDY HAGSETH
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4/14/21
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In the 1960s anti-war activists adopted songs like the Eve of Destruction and For What It’s Worth as their anthems. Disenchanted youth feared that the world was on the verge of collapse; we were …
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By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD
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3/31/21
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Cities are places where diverse groups of people cluster, their ideas feeding off one another to create innovations that often change our lives in dramatic ways. It is not surprising that a very …
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3/24/21
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