Opinion

Federal, state leaders salute Joplin’s recovery

A deadly May twister may have punched a hole in Joplin and Duquesne two years ago, but the resolve to repair it will help other communities stand strong when they face similar disasters. That was the message of state and national diginitaries to a crowd of about 2,500 who observed the second anniversary of Joplin’s devastating May 22, 2011, storm during a ceremony Wednesday in Cunningham Park.

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Other Views: Sickening disparity
Don’t feel bad if you don’t understand the wide, sometimes huge, discrepancies in fees hospitals charge for the same procedure. Or if you don’t understand the arithmetical magic the hospitals use to arrive at those fees.

May 13, 2013 1 Photo
Carol Stark: America in need of more 'momisms'
Several years ago, I attended a writing workshop where one of the sessions was called “Tell it to Mom.”

May 13, 2013
Our View: Keep learning
Donna Maus, a biology teacher from St. Mary’s Colgan High School in Pittsburg, Kan., told a group of top students, their parents and their teachers something we think everyone needs to hear.

May 13, 2013
John Cox, guest columnist: Lawmakers should face consequences for actions
I have a friend at work. He’s a highly educated man. He watches Fox News nonstop and pretty much believes anything it says. We’ve had some differences of opinions over the years.

May 13, 2013
Jeanne Looper Smith, guest columnist: Girls who went away given voices in book
“There isn’t anything you can do that is so bad that you can’t come to me with it, and together, we’ll figure out what to do.”
— Vincent Looper

May 13, 2013
Marta Mossburg, columnist: Writer uncovers scheme to make America fat
In the 2008 Pixar movie “WALL.E,” humans so clogged up the earth with garbage they had to move to spaceships.

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Other Views: Caffeine in candy bad idea
So how gullible are we? Food manufacturers say their caffeine-pumped food is intended for adults. Included in those foods are Jelly Belly “Extreme Sport Beans,” which have 50 mg of caffeine in each 100-calorie pack.

May 10, 2013 1 Photo
Our View: Keep credits holstered
We have no problem with gun and ammunition manufacturers setting up their businesses in Missouri.
We welcome new jobs to our state.

May 10, 2013 1 Photo
Anson Burlingame, guest columnist: Pros and cons of Common Core
Much more remains to be revealed about whether to use Common Core standards in Missouri schools.

May 9, 2013
Our View: Eyes wide open
No community should have to suffer the onslaught of nature the way that Franklin, Kan., Carl Junction, Pierce City and Stockton did 10 years ago.

May 9, 2013 1 Photo
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