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Sunday, July 21, 2019

The Words of a Prophet 2019 A.D.

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Prophet of God I was called upon by God* today to visit a Christian church in Springfield, Missouri. I don't care if you don'...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Letter to Editor: Public School Accountability

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There was an excellent  letter to the editor published in the News-Leader  last week. Two A+ students from Hillcrest High School, who tu...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

School Superintendents: Vital or Irrelevant?

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School Superintendents: Vital or Irrelevant? Springfield's superintendent has received yet another award from the Missouri Associ...
Sunday, March 10, 2019

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Short Take: Religion, Capitalism & Political Power Christian/Military yard ornament. Wal-Mart, Springfield, Missouri There are ...
Friday, February 22, 2019

YOU MUST STOP AT THE END OF THIS SECTION!

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Standardized tests. As a teacher, I wasted many a day administering these tools of the devil to children who, like their teachers and ...
Sunday, August 06, 2006

The Bizarre World of Rep. Ed Emery (R-Lamar)

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In the strange, twisted world of state representative Edgar Emery (R-Lamar) , there is no color gray, and he'd just as soon there were n...
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Sunday, July 09, 2006

Literacy Success Story #8

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Literacy Success Story #8 - from the notes of a reading teacher working with illiterate adults. The year is 1989, and Barbara Bush, like so ...
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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Aunt Norma's Dark Past

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I was thumbing through some old Springfieldians and came across an interesting article that delves into state senator Norma Champion 's...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

FBI Investigation Inches Closer to Roy Blunt

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A BC News investigative correspondent, Brian Ross, reports that FBI investigators are taking a close look at House Speaker Dennis Hastert...
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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Sunday Thread

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The News-Leader was all over the power plant issue in this week's Sunday edition. Environmentalists argue against a new coal-fired plant...
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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Bearing False Witness Door to Door

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I hear a knock on the door last Saturday, and standing before me on my front step are two gentlemen carrying paperback books about the Ten C...
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Monday, April 24, 2006

Lincoln on Preventive War

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Here's President Lincoln's take on presidential war powers in speaking his opposition to the Mexican War in 1848. It's from a Wa...
Thursday, April 13, 2006

Abramoff, DeLay, Blunt: A Living Museum of Corruption

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If there ever were a Southwest Missouri Hall of Fame of Political Corruption, someone would be commissioned to prepare a bust of Roy Blunt f...
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