The city of Independence is moving in the right direction by looking at possible changes in the way Independence Power and Light and other city utilities are run. The main goal is and should be getting those decisions at least an arm’s length away from politics.
History will be far kinder to Joe Biden than one might think based on the mood of the moment. He did the fundamental things he was elected to do: Lead competently and restore stability and decency in the White House.
It’s been a rough week, but the community has gotten through it about as well as can be hoped.
If your resolutions are still in play, good for you. You give the rest of us a degree of hope mixed with a degree of chagrin. That’s not the worst thing in the world.
America needs a strong public health system. More specifically, America’s thousands of local and state public health systems need both financial support and support against the political attacks on them up to now and political attacks that will increase with the incoming administration in Washington.
The holiday is a good time to catch up on reading books. Since I spend my days reading medical records, medical literature and case law, it is difficult to get motivated to read novels and nonfiction in my leisure time.
Missouri has, at long last, banned texting while driving and required drivers to use hands-free technology when talking on the phone.
Instead of focusing on esoteric and special or personal interests, there are many areas that need to be addressed in the legislative session that begins Jan. 8 that could improve the lives of many Missourians.
America enters the new year with a wide range of uncertainties and worries, from the clear threats to our democracy to America’s disruptive role in the world to federal finances that are out of whack and unsustainable – and government simply delivering services to the people paying for them. Wrapped up inside all that are any number of specific things that need to be tackled.
Like many, I had always thought the world started teetering on its axis the minute Rhett told Scarlett, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”