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T he United States of America is the richest country in the world, according to www.financer.com, with a GDP of $31.8 trillion. We have held this title since 1890 when the U.S. surpassed the United …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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11/4/26
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On October 28, 1919, the U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s veto to pass the Volstead Act (officially the National Prohibition Act), establishing the enforcement framework for the …
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By Paul Hamby
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11/4/26
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Baptist churches breed powerful hand shakers. The act of extending the “hand of fellowship” in greeting is as important to our services as any other sacred moment. From the time I was old enough …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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11/4/26
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I am writing this column from the deep woods, about 25 feet above the ground in a self-climbing tree stand attached to a big white oak. (It is early November 2008.) I am using a really nice …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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11/3/26
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V oter fraud. For decades, Democrats have been telling Americans that there is no such thing as voter fraud. And, if there is, it is too small to make any difference.
If that is the case, why …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/28/26
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Yes on Amendment 8 - Moves Sheriff duties from statute to constitution
Restores constitutional sheriff (currently in statutes)
Sheriff is based on Wild West Marshalls.
Removes ability …
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By Paul Hamby
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10/28/26
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Kids of the 60s looked forward to Halloween night with an excitement that made October seem magical. We whispered and giggled our costume ideas to our friends for weeks before the Big Night, trying …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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10/28/26
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OWENSVILLE — An Owensville man was killed on Jan. 28, 2025, when a dump truck driven by an unknown male traveled off the roadway and into his living room. Staff at the Gasconade County Republican …
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By Roxie Murphy, Managing Editor
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10/28/26
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My camera couldn’t capture it and my words can’t describe it. The Rocky Mountains of Colorado in mid-October...I saw it close up and will never forget it. All the while, during the three days we …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/27/26
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Dear Editor:
I’m a veteran and believe strongly in our nation. Until our current president there wasn’t any voter fraud crisis for 250 years! And even though he claims to not take a salary, …
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10/21/26
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W estern civilization is under attack. Not by the Soviets or the Red China military. It’s being attacked by a combined force of far-left progressives pushing socialism and revolutionary Islam. Some …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/21/26
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Dear Editor:
Corruption will be the defining issue in the upcoming election. Eighty-eight percent of all Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want something to be done to …
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10/21/26
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My mother-in-law was a small woman with a voice as soft and earnest as a whisper at bedtime. But what she lacked in vocal heft she made up for in determination and attitude.
She was a confident, …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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10/21/26
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This Sunday morning I am sitting on my back porch watching the birds and squirrels around the feeders. It is so dry that the watering bowl has attracted six or seven species of birds and a …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/20/26
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Amendment 3 is the most controversial bill on your November ballot.
Amendment 3 has two subjects. First, it has provisions dealing with abortion and secondly it moves to the constitution the …
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By Paul Hamby
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10/20/26
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It’s been two years since my column on abortion asked abortion advocates to convince me that the child in a mother’s womb is not human. I’m still waiting. With adjustments to the first …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/14/26
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A couple weeks ago, as the weather cooled and the acorns pelted my rooftop, a covey of 15 or 20 quail fed around in my back yard for much of an afternoon. The big oaks are producing a lot of acorns …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/14/26
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It used to be referred to by a full noun. Telephone. Sometimes ‘phone’. Never ‘cell’. We had telephones in our houses, connected to our walls or sitting on tables. Usually, there was only …
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By Robin Garrison Leach
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10/14/26
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Dear Editor:
On Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026 at about 10:30 a.m. I, an 80-year-old man, did something that I thought I could do but ended up was not able to do and I fell off a stepladder.
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10/7/26
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Dear Editor:
Over the years, with the birth of the Internet, the postal service has decreased in efficiency while never failing to increase postal rates. This process is understandable since the …
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10/7/26
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