The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO Columns

Federal stimulus money allows Cherokee County to buy foreclosed houses

2010-03-09T20:31:00-06:00

COLUMBUS, Kan. — A grant through the federal stimulus program will allow the Cherokee County Commission to buy three foreclosed houses from a county bank.

Nancy Lamb, deputy emergency management director for the county, provided information Monday about that grant and other grants on which she has been working.

Guest column, Allen Shirley: Copy a winning example

2010-01-11T19:40:00-06:00

Last October, I published a column in The Joplin Globe documenting three failed attempts involving the states of Maine, Massachusetts and Tennessee and their efforts to implement “Obamacare” in their states.

Anson burlingame, guest columnist: Living within our means

2010-01-11T08:08:00-06:00

“Mainly, we are going to have to live within our means and be very careful.”

That is the most resounding sound bite I have heard from a politician in a long time. If only that sentiment can grow and resonate, politically, to turn the tide of incessant and extraordinarily dangerous growth beyond our means in government.

Jim Stone, guest columnist: Paranoia shouldn’t impede freedom

2010-01-09T09:34:00-06:00

The afternoon of Dec. 30 brought news that eight American CIA agents and four Canadian soldiers at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Afghanistan had been killed by a suicide bomber.

Dan Ray, guest columnist: Bills can still be terminated

2010-01-09T09:31:00-06:00

We still have an opportunity to terminate the health care bills that have been passed in the Senate and the House.

Dave Woods: Global warming fires up debate

2010-01-09T09:30:00-06:00

on Adams doesn’t believe in global warming.

I have to say, when it’s 3 degrees below zero outside in Joplin and we’re headed for our third week without a thaw, global warming theory is a tough concept to wrap my head around.

Jack Kaminsky, guest columnist: Remembering a ‘classic’

2010-01-09T09:28:00-06:00

Last week Editor Carol Stark asked me to write something about my dad and the Kaminsky Classic, the annual Joplin High School basketball tournament which ended on Saturday.

Even as I started writing, I began crying, and have had tears in my eyes all day.

Carol Stark: We all need someone’s hand to hold

2010-01-02T09:51:00-06:00

I was always a nervous little kid and while others my age went through life without a care, I held back, imagining that the worst was about to happen.

Dave Woods: Harsh note sounds over parade trip

2010-01-02T09:46:00-06:00

By the time you read this column, the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., will only be a memory.

Bob Steere, guest columnist: Still looking for some answers

2010-01-02T09:45:00-06:00

Don Ray’s frustration in obtaining answers from his leaders in Congress (Globe, Dec. 22) is certainly shared by this letter sender.