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• CIA Whistleblower, Missouri-born, In Prison

  

  I hadn't heard this story but one CIA whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling, "...an American lawyer and former CIA employee who was arrested, charged, and convicted o... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Best Coffee in the State?

  

  There's one more new article out there in the media world, this one days old, extolling The Best Places For Coffee In Every State And they're not all... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 SOCIETY

• On Big Money In Our Elections and Government

  

  Senator Elizabeth Warren, speaking in Congress, about the obscene money in our political elections and government, buying that government. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Rare Good News Out of Kansas

  

  Here's a rare one. Good news out of Kansas state government. Naturally, it comes from the Courts, where intelligence, so far, still rules. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Republican Party and Right Wing in Freefall

  

  I keep finding, by pure chance, more and yet more indications, at least weekly, of Right Wing and Republican Party splintering. So much so that even the word... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 SOCIETY

• The "Downton Abbey" That's Never Told

  

  For watchers of PBS' "Downton Abbey" and for anyone and everyone who might be interested in old British history, specifically the old, historical homes in... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Faster Traffic, Lots of Wins

  

  Why aren't we all doing this? Ideas Worth Stealing: Easing traffic with technology, not blacktop Why aren't all cities doing this? Think of the benefits. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 SOCIETY

• How Those Guns Are Working For Missouri

  

  CBS News put out the latest ranking by the National Center for Health Statisitcs showing the top 20 states with the heaviest, worst numbers of gun deaths.... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Whither the Price of Oil

  

  Think oil is cheap now? It's at $1.52 per gallon now across many parts of Northwest Missouri. Iran sanctions lifted: Brace for oil shakeup Brace yourself. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 SOCIETY

• A Call For Corporate Taxation and a Required National Wage

  

  An economist warns that "advances in technology and automation are set to wipe out up to half of all jobs in the developed world. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Why Senator Sanders Is Right For America

  

  It's not just that Senator Sanders stands for things and stands for the right things and isn't taking money from the big PACs, though those are all big factors... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 SOCIETY

• On This Day in American History -- A "Two-fer"

  

  On this day (from today's New York Times: It took more than 100 years after the Civil War for an African-American to join the presidential cabinet, and even... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Thoughts On a Huge Powerball Lottery Jackpot

  

  So many thoughts come to mind on tonight's huge Powerball jackpot lottery, worth 1 and 1/2 billion dollars, in pre-tax jackpot prize amount. Herewith:... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Notes on the St. Louis Rams

  

  You likely saw the breaking news on the St. Louis Rams NFL team: Rams relocating to Los Angeles First, this is certainly, absolutely no time to gloat, as a... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 SOCIETY

• On the Two "State" Speeches Last Evening

  

  A few brief notes on the two State speeches last evening--Kansas' Governor Sam Brownback's State of the State speech and President Obama's final State of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 SOCIETY

• Republicans in Jefferson City, At It Again

  

  Image: Think Progress Yessir, Republican legislators in Jefferson City are at it again. They're writing and trying to pass very self-serving legislation, all... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 SOCIETY

• What Was Governor Brownback Thinking?

  

  There are so many times when one could have asked, in the last several years this precise question---Just what was Kansas Governor Sam Brownback thinking? Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 SOCIETY

• On Tonight's State of the Union

  

  I have read no other, better, brief summary of President Obama's 2 terms as President and their relative success, like it or not, than what I saw last evening o... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 SOCIETY

• On This Huge Powerball

  

  This isn't actually possible because of taxes being deducted and their math, honestly, is WAY off and incorrect but something like it certainly makes more sense. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 SOCIETY

• An Article Nearly Everyone At The Star Should Read

  There's an excellent article---no surprise---in today's Sunday Edition of the New York Times that, as I said, virtually everyone down at our own Kansas City Sta... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 SOCIETY