Anthropogenic. That’s a big word. According to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary, it is an adjective meaning: of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature. …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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4/26/23
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I love the outdoor life I live because all day long when I am on the river or exploring the woods, I see spectacular things that remind me that God is still in charge somewhere, though those places …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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4/26/23
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To the Editor:
For your readers unfamiliar with it, a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” (PBR) is a law that helps to secure the right of parents to have a major say in how their kids …
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4/26/23
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I have worked on this piece of legislation for three years now. HB 183 is meant to promote fairness in competition and opportunity for female student athletes. The bill would prohibit public school …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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4/26/23
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Beyond the classroom: Children in traditional societies learn with little or no parental involvement
Brooklyn, NY, April 17, 2023 — What parent doesn’t want their children to willingly pitch in and complete routine household chores? In his eye-opening new book, How Other Children Learn: …
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4/26/23
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I have decided that turkey hunting and life in general have a great number of similarities. For instance, sometimes in life, striving for the goal is more enjoyable than reaching it and accomplishing …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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4/19/23
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I know that except in extremely rare circumstances, there are only two sexes, male and female. Yet today, two percent of American high school students identify as transgender. Most of these are …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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4/19/23
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From a favorite song we sang on long road trips when I was child (long, long before smart phones):
“Oh, you can’t get to heaven with powder and paint
“Cuz it makes you …
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By Jane M. Orient, M.D.
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4/19/23
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House members this week gave initial approval to legislation meant to promote fairness in competition and opportunity for female student athletes. By a vote of 107-41, the Missouri House perfected HB …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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4/19/23
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The Missouri House has approved legislation that would make statutory changes based on court precedent to the state’s initiative petition process. By a vote of 109-49, House members approved HB …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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4/12/23
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COLUMBIA — You can help guide broadband development efforts in your community by completing a short, anonymous online survey for the Missouri Office of Broadband Development.
The survey, …
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4/12/23
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I hunted wild gobblers for 50 years… but no more. The first hunt I went on was in the Ouachita Mountains in 1970 at a place called Muddy Creek WMA with an Arkansas Fish and Game biologist by …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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4/12/23
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One of the biggest fears of the United States’ founding fathers was pure democracy — also known as mob rule. That is why they gave us a federal democratic republic with the checks and …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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4/12/23
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Tax Freedom Day this year is April 18. The day marks when the nation has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year. Tax Freedom Day takes all federal, state and local taxes and …
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By Garrett Hawkins, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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4/12/23
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Like so many people with busy lives, I often let holidays sneak up on me. It’s so easy to be consumed by all the work and obligations that we forget to take time to consider the things that are …
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By State Sen. Justin Brown, Missouri's 16th District
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4/5/23
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Here is your chance to get a free turkey call and eat a free fish dinner.
Last December I started trying to help an old country church to get going again. It is the Brown Hill country church a …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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4/5/23
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I’m sure you know that children sometimes push the limit to see what they can get away with. One of my earliest memories involves just that. The result was my father’s belt being …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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4/5/23
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The members of the Missouri House of Representatives this week approved a $45.6 billion state operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year that begins in July. The 13 appropriations bills passed by …
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By State Rep. Bennie Cook, Missouri's 143rd District
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4/5/23
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Welcome to spring. I welcomed it with a coat and scarf. How did you welcome it in? Lately I feel like I’m living in Seattle instead of Wardsville, Missouri. This is March, and April is supposed …
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4/5/23
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