http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085924.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085924.html The Missouri Pork Producers Association, the Poultry Federation and other advocates for agribusiness have labeled those concerned about concentrated animal feeding operation as “anti-CAFO”. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:02:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318090139.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318090139.html I am a fairly intelligent being, yet there exists a sizable list of things I don’t expect to ever understand. Trigonometry leaps to mind. Also improvisational jazz. And pants that don’t come all the way up to your waist — but then I could fill an entire column with fashion trends that elude me. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085753.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085753.html A recently published study shows how very dangerous it is not to have health insurance. Harvard Medical School and the Cambridge Health Alliance have just published research showing that 45,000 Americans die every year because they don’t have the insurance (published online by the American Journal of Public Health). Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:52:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085452.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085452.html Rhiannon Riesenmy’s life calling probably won’t lead her into the world of journalism.She has a few other careers in mind, none that include a reporter’s notebook. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:51:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085213.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/columns/local_story_318085213.html 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.