Letters To Editor

In the mid-fifties my newswriting at Maryville High was subject to the editorial critique and blue pencil of Mrs. Opal E. Eckert. It was one of my best school experiences. Her insistence on accuracy was reinforced by saying, “Look it up.” In Larry Anderson’s column, The cancel culture. I looked up cancel culture in the…

Congressman Graves encourages bipartisanship in infrastructure legislation. I agree. Also bipartisanship in every government action; e.g., accepting the 2020 Presidential election results which have been shown to be valid. Republicans who objected to Joe Biden’s win sheltered the mob which assaulted our Capitol on Jan. 6. Graves, by his support of the Texas protest of…

I am just a concerned citizen. It’s your little town, please come to the City Council meetings second Thursday 6:30 p.m. Newton Hall. A big thank you to Megan Morrow, a super lady. Please don’t (gripe) at her on the phone. She is not the sounding board, she has someone over her. Thanks for reading.…

In his latest column, Larry decided to go into great depth about cancel culture. So, let us discuss that. On March 2, Christopher Wray described in detail what occurred on Jan. 6 at the Capitol and how the attacks were orchestrated by right wing aggressors, some of which happened to have ties to and were…

The folk saying, “All that glitters is not gold,” is certainly applicable to the “Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging” adopting a business/marketing model. The “Agency” is one of 10 regional agencies established in Missouri by law in the 1970s to distribute and oversee state and federal funds to the county senior centers. Each county…

I’m not a fan of Centrist Uncle Joe, I’ve to say I’m glad to have him as President. For the last four years we had a President who wanted to cut taxes but couldn’t be bothered to cut spending. Sure, there were some programs that were cut along the way. For instance, the First Step…

In his recent Straight Talk with Sam, Representative Graves disagrees with President Biden’s actions. An excerpt: “The hallmark of the first month of the Biden Administration has been promises made, promises broken. We were promised unity.” The rest is on the Forum website. As an Independent since resigning as a Republican in the nineties, I…

St. John says “Let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (I John 4: 7-8) In English love stands for three kinds of love. The Greek, the New Testament was…

Larry Anderson’s column makes an essential point: “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Easy to say; hard to do. I have done both at times and will not use this letter as a confession. Our challenge is recognizing the fact, then changing when needed; however, the hole model can cut two ways,…