Shop LocalOur Opinion: CBO injects reality into rosy budget scenario
Budgets projections, by definition, are inexact, which is why budget craftsmen must be objective and realistic. When President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed budget earlier this year, we criticized him for failed leadership in addressing the burgeoning federal debt.
Our Opinion: Set deadline on surtax muddle
The time has come to call the question on the surtax muddle. Calling the question is a parliamentary procedure that seeks to end discussion and debate, followed by a decision.
Our Opinion: Evaluate before drawing cold remedies into meth battle
Sufferers of the common cold should not be drawn into the crossfire in the battle against meth.
Our Opinion: Budgeting process meets law of diminishing returns
If there is truth in the adage that one must spend money to make money, the ensuing question is: How much?
Our Opinion: Are taxpayer liable for elk?
Are taxpayers liable for damages caused by a species reintroduced by the state?
Our Opinion: Education bill’s mixed bag needs examination
Teaching should be treated much like any other profession. Consequently, the job security provided by academic tenure should be eliminated.
Our Opinion: Don't be fooled: Scams come in new guises
Consider how much more inventive and productive our society would be if the people who create and carry out scams turned their talents to honest endeavors.
Our Opinion: Patriots honored for supporting National Guard and Reserve
We always are delighted when the Missouri National Guard presents a Patriot Award to a Mid-Missouri employer.
Our Opinion: Outlook for incremental growth
Recent indicators predict incremental growth in Central Missouri.
Our Opinion: State continues to lead nation in meth lab seizures
Missouri retains what the state Highway Patrol characterizes as the “unfortunate distinction” of leading the nation in seizures of methamphetamine laboratories.
Our Opinion: Electronic shackles help rein in costs
Missouri lawmakers proposing increased use of electronic shackling are accepting the challenge to be smarter in dealing with crime.
Our Opinion: Politics featured prominently in photo IDs for voters
Picture a scenario where political considerations do not distort debate on requiring voters to show photo identification. That scenario does not now exist.
Our Opinion: Retain driver's tests in foreign languages
Legislation advanced by a House panel would end Missouri’s decades-long process of offering driver’s license tests in foreign languages. The immediate question is: Why?
Our Opinion: A potentially dangerous convention
A proposal by a state lawmaker to call a constitutional convention allowing states to repeal federal laws has drawn mixed reactions – including from us.
Our Opinion: Prohibit smoking in prisons
Extending the smoke-free initiative to Missouri’s prisons is long overdue. Not only are the prisons publicly funded facilities where smoking befouls the working environment of public employees, the health consequences and care of inmates are paid by taxpayers.
