Letters To Editor

The mishmash surrounding the documents retrieved from Mar-a-Lago may be skirting the central issue: The Presidential Records Act. It defines presidential records as “any documentary materials relating to the political activities of the president or members of the president’s staff” or others supporting the executive branch. Personal records are characterized as “of a purely private…

I recently read an opinion piece by Sen (Dan) Hegeman. The editorial concerned the newly passed House Bill 1878 which sets new restrictions on voting. Does Sen Hegeman research an issue before he votes on it or does he just vote according to the latest Republican conspiracy theory? If you look at the Heritage Foundation…

Regardless of what some from the coasts may think, our rural farmers have had to adapt over and over throughout the time of this nation. In the ’30s, many farmers fought with the Dust Bowl. Windbreaks were planted to reduce soil loss from wind. Farmers started planting to the contour of the land, used crop…

If you read an article in your local newspaper recently about Sam Graves touting appropriation of infrastructure money for your community, use some critical reading skills and do some fact checking. On August 3, 2022, there was an article in The St. Joseph News Press and Sam Graves was touting the appropriation of $1.8 million…

“Unprecedented” is a precise characterization of why the FBI had to search material stored at Mar-a-Lago; however, it was not the first unprecedented action caused by the former president. Uncommon as it was, President Trump’s history is filled with them. Here are a few: His declaring election fraud even before the first vote is counted.…

Residents of Senate District 12 recently received several negative campaign ads in the mail directed at J. Eggleston, one of the three candidates running for the district’s open seat. These ads were dishonest and misleading given that the candidate the PAC is trying to push you toward by disparaging Representative Eggleston’s votes, cast almost identical…

We have to make sure Eric Greitens does not win the Republican primary for Senate. If he does, Trump will support him, then he’ll win and Missouri will have two very dangerous Senators. So, I’m going to get a Republican ballot for the primary. I’m confident my vote will carry more weight this way, this…

The current debate about Roe v. Wade subordinates an important point: All its elimination will accomplish is pushing the least advantaged women into a more desperate lifestyle. Outlawing abortion deters no woman of means. There are many states where it will continue to be legal. Even Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who earlier said a national…

Reading SILENCE AND SECRECY reveals what excellent journalism is about: information and considered opinions. It is refreshing to read local news and opinions free from the unsupported claims that permeate so many websites. By placing news, information, on the front page and opinion, labeled as such, inside you got it right. The investigative results belongs…

More than 20 years ago while I was writing for this very newspaper I wrote my weekly column about the similarities of religions as I had recently interviewed a very nice, thoughtful person of a religion different from the Christianity I had been raised in. Since I love to learn and am a peacemaker by…