There’s no better illustration of the dysfunction in Washington, D.C., than the impending, needless and pointless federal government shutdown. Despite the agreement early in the summer to cut government spending…
Word from the Kansas City Royals last week that the team is delaying the announcement of its preferred site for a new stadium comes as no surprise. The team not…
Editor’s note: This Examiner editorial, which appeared in the paper in September 2022, was honored last weekend in the Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. We headlined it “Crisis of…
Eileen Weir, former mayor of Independence To the editor: On Aug. 21st the Independence City Council passed a resolution under non-ordinance action item to amend the council rules of procedures,…
By William Natbony The Fulcrum Being a conservative in 2023 does not have the same meaning as being a conservative in the 1980s … or even as recently as in…
Georgia is just one of many states in which Republican leaders have tried to throw out district attorneys elected in big cities where Democrats dominate. Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana and…
By Nicholas Hillman Chicago Tribune Virtually every policy that governs our higher education system is based on a dangerous myth — that students do, and should, meticulously shop around for…
Put Missouri’s referendum process out of reach of politicians who abuse it. Whatever happens with current efforts to get an abortion-rights referendum on Missouri’s statewide ballot next year, one thing…
One of my favorite leaders in history was Winston Churchill. One of my favorite Churchill quotes is: “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Churchill…
In a tiresome and counterproductive routine, Congress has again left one of its basic jobs to the last minute. The issue is the simple matter of keeping the government open…
