Amid plenty, the grumbling endures
These are the times in which we live. People take food, one of life’s essentials, and fashion it into art – a rose bush, the Eiffel Tower, Tom Selleck, whatever.
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Restaurants need customers, not cash from Uncle Sam
After appropriating trillions of dollars in COVID-19 relief, Congress is angling to pass yet another multibillion-dollar aid package, this one directed at restaurants and other small businesses that suffered during the pandemic.
Missouri should end the death penalty and spare Carman Deck
The “machinery of death” is back to work in Missouri as the Missouri Supreme Court has issued an execution date of May 3 for Carman Deck. James and Zelma Long were fatally shot during a robbery in their home in Desoto in 1997.
A chance to aid Ukrainian refugees
President Biden announced last week that another $800 million in military aid would be sent to Ukraine to help in the fight against invading Russian forces, and he asked for more this week. The president remarked that his actions “sent an unmistakable message to Putin: He will never succeed in dominating and occupying all of Ukraine.”
Childhood sexual abuse puts woman on a difficult path
DEAR ABBY: I’m a widow in a new relationship. I was molested for years by an older sibling. When my behavior became troublesome -- skipping school, becoming antisocial -- I was sent to a reform school for several years. The sibling was sent into the army.
Northpoint plan could bring needed jobs and growth
The Independence City Council on Monday is set to vote on what could be largest single new private development in the city in living memory. It’s the NorthPoint project in the valley of the Little Blue River.
Is canceling student fair to those with low incomes?
Christine Rinck, Independence To the editor: I read that the Biden administration may cancel some or all student loans. There are some valid reasons for doing this.
Feds need to ramp up COVID treatment
The nation’s response to the pandemic has taken on a new phase, as mask mandates and social distancing give way to home-based testing and outpatient treatments. That’s why it’s essential the Biden administration get its new “test-to-treat” program up to speed. With new infections rising in Florida and nationally, the program is vital for helping a fatigued nation manage this ongoing outbreak.
Find real beauty, and hold fast
When was the first time you felt beautiful? Not the kind of beauty you see in a mirror, but the kind you feel when you know that to someone who loves you, you’ll always be a beauty. Six months after my brother Joe was born, my mother was told he was totally blind and suffered from cerebral palsy, a condition that would impair his walking, but not his will.
Even in politics, the truth should still matter
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s obsequious relationship with Donald Trump was in its nascent stages as Trump prepared to assume the presidency in 2017. At a luncheon that January, Trump called McCarthy, the House Republican leader from Bakersfield, California, “My Kevin.” On inauguration day, McCarthy gave Trump a little pep talk during a quiet moment in the Capitol, just before he walked out to take the oath.