http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_304110923.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_304110923.html Before I left for China, Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard asked if he could bring a few committee chairs to the Globe to meet members of the editorial board. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:05:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_304110810.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_304110810.html Emily Robinson is disappointed in The Joplin Globe. Last week, the Globe published a letter to the editor from the former Missouri resident, and member of the Union of Concerned Scientists in Chicago, calling the editorial board on the carpet for our Oct. 20 In Our View editorial concerning America’s participation in the Copenhagen Treaty. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_303153559.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_303153559.html It is my belief that our governor, Jay Nixon, of Missouri, is one of the very few officials who is taking very appropriate actions in starting actions to help correct one of many problems leading to the present dilemma. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_303152258.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_303152258.html Last week, my wife and I made a short return to Joplin first via Delta to K.C., then Great Lakes Airline to Joplin. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:48:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_297104945.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_297104945.html She’s been hooked with a lot of nicknames: Caribou Barbie, the Wicked Witch of Wasilla, Gov. Mooselini and more than a few names unsuitable to print in a family newspaper. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_297104745.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_297104745.html Before I left for China, a friend asked me to consider whether I thought the country could realistically be governed as a democracy. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296153619.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296153619.html Consider the plight of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. His main ally is led by a militarily and naively inexperienced fantasizing globalist who thinks he can charm the world by appeasing Muslim terrorists and other bellicose countries such as Russia, China and North Korea. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:28:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152931.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152931.html High school sports have become an important part of most communities. Through these programs, our kids are suppose to learn discipline, work ethics and teamwork while they create character traits such as integrity, perseverance and honor. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152822.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152822.html Recently, my wife and I sat in a darkened and virtually empty movie theater at Hollywood 14 in Joplin waiting for commencement of a high definition telecast of a performance from the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center in New York City. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152658.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152658.html My lack of understanding must be excused. There must be some unmentioned legal technicality or significant factor to explain such an anomaly as charging a person who has imbibed alcohol in a quantity that provides a blood alcohol level “more than three times the legal limit for driving” with involuntary manslaughter. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152024.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296152024.html A new Web site created by none other than the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, is aggressively attacking President Barack Obama’s “weak” foreign policy. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296151720.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_296151720.html I was having dinner with friends when the conversation turned to social skills. I was reminded of a man I know who has a knack for saying the wrong thing and offending people. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_276093952.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_276093952.html There’s an old saying “you can’t get blood out of a turnip.” Our president obviously doesn’t adhere to this saying. Obama claims requiring everyone to have health insurance is not a tax increase; rather it is just an attempt to get folks without health insurance to pay their fair share of the costs they pass on to the present system — a fine, a fee, not a tax. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:37:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_276093814.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_276093814.html Two summers ago, I left the United States for the first time, traveling to France with a tour group. I was only there nine days, but it whetted my appetite for travel. I was extremely enthused when I planned an internship in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for five weeks the following summer. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_276093651.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_276093651.html This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the nation’s largest and most influential civil rights organizations, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.