As happens about this time every year, the federal government has issued their poverty level charts. The 2025 Federal Poverty Guidelines have been published in the Federal Register and are available on Health and Human Services webpages. Two critical caveats… A very knowledgeable researcher made Read More …
Look around the house for a journal, notebook, or even a thick pad of paper. Then, start making daily entries in your War Diary. Today Donald J. Trump begins his first war, The Oreo War. You see many things cross borders Read More …
On a bitter and icy day we said good-bye to our nephew Matt. He passed while attacking winter on his mom’s driveway. He was 51. In his youth he enjoyed life but had multiple issues with authority. As he aged Read More …
Karen Cloyd, the co-chair of the West County Democrats welcomed all guests to the meeting and the administrative functions of the club were reviewed. Opportunities for involvement in community projects were discussed, including an MLK Day of Service event hosted Read More …
With better than two-thirds of a century under my belt I keep getting haunted by history. Oh, sometimes I’ll be watching a ballgame and remember the blown call at first base during the World Series with Kansas City. When it Read More …
Imagine turning on the local TV news as you make breakfast. The lead story is that everyone in Springfield, Missouri, its suburb of Nixa and about half of nearby Republic, Missouri disappeared in the past year. That would be major news.