Football is a big deal in Southeast Missouri. Towns have a way of rallying behind their hometown teams. Fans attend the games on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, and there's plenty of "water cooler" talk about who the stand-out players are and whether a new coach can live up to the hype...

Modern America, well circa. 2019, the United States of America has become the valuable coin that's slowly rolling toward the AC/heating vent in a floor. One side of that valuable coin is the Republican/Conservative. The flip side is the Democrat/liberal. ...

In a recent letter to the editor entitled "Safety becomes entanglement" the writer warned about generations who have, in his opinion, been trained to rely on the "entitlements" for food, shelter, medical care and more. It is always interesting to me that folks who are concerned about the minuscule amount we give to individuals to provide a helping hand never fret about the large amounts that are given to corporations...