The Advent season means I can be assured that on one of those four Sundays the congregation will sing “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” “Rejoice! Rejoice!” we sing at the beginning of the chorus. We’ll probably get just four verses, but it will be loud and earnest.
Only three more sleeps dear reader, and Santa will be rocketing down your chimneys. I hope you have a joyful day.
A few years ago, I wrote in this space about whether it made sense to buy U.S.-manufactured tools and products even at higher prices than imports. Time has marched on. I now wonder about our future as a viable independent nation.
One of the reasons U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew GOP participation from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection was Democrats’ refusal to let Trumpian firebrand Jim Jordan be seated on the committee. Now Democrats’ stance regarding the Ohio Republican has been validated, in spades.
For just a couple of hours last Thursday afternoon, at least some of your elected and appointed officials in nation’s capital were distracted from their daily descent into the mire of today’s politics of hate.
As Missouri’s attorney general, Eric Schmitt’s job on paper is primarily to defend the state’s interests in legal matters. But to watch how he has approached that job in recent months, Missourians would think his main duty is to stamp out medically valid pandemic safety policies wherever they might sprout. Whether it’s a school board member trying to protect students, a city leader trying to protect the local citizenry, or a medical patient whose life could be put at risk by an unvaccinated health-care worker, Schmitt has sided against them in court, using Missourians’ tax dollars to do it.
It seems there is a bottomless well of stories about Harry and Bess Truman. Many of those stories involve the lasting connections that they and their families had with Independence and Kansas City. That is especially evident when one considers the local cemeteries where so many Truman and Wallace family members are buried.
Attorney general’s self-serving actions put lives at risk Marvin Sands, Independence To the editor: It seems as if our Missouri attorney general, Eric Schmitt, just can’t help himself when it comes to minding his own business and staying out of the business of others. With Covid-19 hospitalizations up dramatically in Missouri prompting real concerns about overcrowded hospitals and long waits for emergency services and other needs, our nosey attorney general is inserting himself as the know-it-all genius when it comes to health care and what is best for our public schools.
Last week, I introduced you to my friend, Barbie Daniels, whose life and family were nearly destroyed by her addiction and life of dealing illegal drugs. She knows that she would have died one night in November 2012 if the Independence Police Department had not come to her house and prevented a robbery and murder.
Finally, some love for state employees by the boss. And just in time for Christmas.