Opinion

Body Across more than four decades of newspapering, I have learned a few things that stick with me – like a heart tattoo long after love has faded – but still worth sharing with newspaper veterans and novices, and savvy readers.

Body Sam Webb has been on my mind a lot lately. Webb is an Excelsior Springs High Webb is an Excelsior Springs High School graduate who played cornerback at Missouri Western State University, an NCAA Division II school in St.

Body I was a single mom during Obama’s first campaign. I worked two jobs which barely covered (the) rent. Even while working more than 40 hours a week in a hospital, I didn’t have health care.

Body I am an outsider who has never run for public office before, and getting an inside look at the “political process” has been a real eye opener. Simply put, “the powers that be” have every intention of always being the power.

Body Each form of mass communication has advantages and disadvantages. There is no secret about that. Proponents of each medium, at various times in history, have claimed accurately they are better than the others. But is any medium better in all ways? No.

Body The so-called “slap heard round the world” might have confused the international audience that watched the Academy Awards. Laughing a moment earlier at Chris Rock’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair, Will Smith got out of his chair, walked up and smacked Rock in the mouth.

Body Since the Russians are occupying eastern Ukraine, and are attacking Kyiv from the north, east and south, maybe NATO military forces with U.S. support should move into western Ukraine to prevent Russia from completely overrunning Ukraine.

Body Suspicions that might arise in this election year – after another census resulted in yet another undercount of minorities – are understandable, even expected. Generally, black and Latino voters lean toward Democrats.

Body Some April 5 elections will not be on the ballot. There will be no story about Hardin-Central or Orrick boards of education candidates and their views on wearing masks, critical race theory, teacher pay and sexual identity.

Body Josh Hawley, Missouri’s firstterm junior U.S. senator, works overtime to try to make himself sound like a big deal.