Opinions
Every day, I watch the news. Every day, I read the newspaper. Every day, I think about writing a letter to the editor. Every day, I let it slide. Finally, I must get some things off my chest.
I am so sick of politics, so sick of the Supreme Court, so sick of seeing women’s rights taken away....
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As a volunteer advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I am calling on my members of Congress to pass legislation to prevent suicides and support crisis care.
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline must be sustainably...
Hello Howell County!
The rains have come, and fall is right around the corner. With the moisture, the road crews are back to grading the gravel roads and finishing up the maintenance on the chip and seal roads.
Commissioners Billy Sexton and Calvin Wood are again this year overlaying some...
Matthew 5:43-45 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the...
As I watch the news unfold each day, I am saddened. What saddens me the most is the lack of righteous anger from 50% or more of our citizens. It seems each day, another terrible decision is made by those sitting in Washington D.C. Each of those decisions makes life harder for most of us. ...
Luke 21:24 And they (the Jews) shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations (the 2000-year-long Diaspora after Titus destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD): and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled (the Gentile...
At the Missouri Capitol, Governor Parson has just finished signing into law the bills that passed the House and Senate, but he did veto a couple of proposals we had approved. We will have a veto session in September as well as a special session called by the Governor (probably held back to back...
One of the major aspects of Missouri's recent primary was the number of races for which there actually was no contest.
In more than half of the 180 state legislative districts on the ballot, one of the two major parties did not have a candidate.
That meant that in those 100-single-party...
St. Paul once said, "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour." Romans 13:7
According to the apostle's command, I would like to pay my debt of gratitude to the youth group of Lifegate Church of Kansas...
Republicans are not repressive.
In response to a letter to the editor from July 27th issue of Howell County News from David and Martin.
Brethren, Democrats were called liberal because they would spend other people’s money liberally and Republicans were called conservative because of using a...