http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:45:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_013074620.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_013074620.html Remember when Mark McGwire was on track to set the home run record in major league baseball? We at the Globe sure do, and we were really excited, as were many in this area and around the country. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_011204240.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_011204240.html Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has announced his intentions to remain in office for another year, and that is good news for our country. We appreciate his continued service and the critical needs that he has provided in the past four years in that office. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_009102755.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_009102755.html Don’t think of it just as a way of counting heads. Think of it as a way to retain “one point of influence.”That’s how Doug Brooks, of Joplin and a member of the Democratic National Committee, last week described what’s at stake for Missouri pending the outcome of the 2010 U.S. Census. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:14:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_008121607.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_008121607.html Why shouldn’t television networks — or newspapers, for that matter — pay news celebrities for their stories?What harm does slipping a few hundred or thousand dollars to someone so they can tell their tales to the public about such nationally and internationally intriguing events as a couple slipping uninvited into a White House party... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:04:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_008000219.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_008000219.html We applaud the efforts of volunteers at the Salvation Army, the American Red Cross, Souls Harbor, Carthage Crisis Center and other shelters who are working night and day in this bitter cold to offer warmth and shelter to those in need. We can rely on area residents to respond to weather emergencies, whether it be flooding, a tornado or prolonged sub-freezing temperatures.But more help is needed. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_006203310.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_006203310.html The American Dream has always been identified with ownership of one’s own home. But ever-increasing property taxes eventually might threaten to turn that dream into an unattainable goal for many Missourians, particularly older residents. Relief and reform will be a hot-button topic in the Missouri Legislature during the coming session. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:14:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_005201615.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_005201615.html After some 50 years out of power, the Japanese Democratic Party (as opposed to their opponents, the Liberal Democratic Party) and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama are trying to lead that country in a different direction. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:13:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_004233210.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_004233210.html Many Americans today ask: What is the war on terror, and why are we fighting it? The answer, in our view, is straightforward. The war on terror, using the term coined during the Bush administration, is a war to prevent acts of terror (or violence) against the United States and our allies. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:54:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_002105705.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_002105705.html Missouri state statutes don’t give county commissions an overwhelming workload.Commissioners’ statutory duties are commonly described as oversight of “The Three B’s,” meaning buildings, bridges and roads, and budgets. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_365204208.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_365204208.html Mind you, what we write here are not predictions for 2010. They are some things for which we can hope, for all Americans. Think of it as a “wouldn’t it be nice if ...” list. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:26:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_364202733.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_364202733.html Newtonia’s historic Civil War battlefields will become part of the National Park Service as a new park or placed under the management umbrella of the Wilson’s Creek Battlefield near Republic once a National Park Service study is completed, probably within the next year or so. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_363201817.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_363201817.html It’s been a long time since Curtis Almeter has taken an easy breath. We’re hoping that’s all about to change for the 26-year-old Anderson man first featured in a story in the Globe on Thankgiving and then on Christmas Day. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_362192737.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_362192737.html Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Sunday that “the system worked,” referring to the protection of airline passengers from terrorist attacks. Napolitano then conceded Monday that the aviation security system failed, backtracking from her original statement, but added that her words had been taken out of context. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_358202416.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_358202416.html Editor’s note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. This piece by newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become the most reprinted newspaper editorial. Its timeless message continues to resonate with readers across the world. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_357195553.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/in_our_view/local_story_357195553.html Missouri legislators should take a good, hard look at intrastate telephone access rates and then proceed to bring them into line over a period of several years with the interstate rates set by the Federal Communications Commission.