O Lord Jesus, we humble ourselves and pray for our nation. Amen.
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Is replacing President Biden as his party’s nominee an attack on Democracy? HardlyJonah GoldbergAlas, the coronation of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee is complete. Democrats are surprisingly ecstatic with the decision, and Republicans, or at least the Trump campaign is very cross about it, complaining that democracy has been subverted. This is something of a reversal, given that Republicans argued Biden was too infirm to be president, and Democrats prior to last month’s disastrous debate contended he was the only candidate to beat Trump. Democrats then, and Republicans now, claim ignoring the will of primary voters is an affront to democracy.
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George Washington foresaw today’s irresponsible, immoral leadership in Washington (7/26/24)5Star ParkerIn President Joe Biden’s announcement on social media of his decision to not run for reelection, he ticked off the many wonderful achievements during his three and a half years in the nation’s highest office. But if things are so great, as Biden seems to think, why are Americans so dispirited? Biden’s personal polling is horrible. General polling shows an American public in a sour state of mind.
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Democrats lied about Biden, and got caught (7/25/24)11Rich LowryThey didn’t soulfully consider President Joe Biden’s marked decline and decide, for the good of him, his party and the country, that he had to step down. They lied, and they got caught. The Democratic Party line on Biden was that he had turned in an exceptionally effective State of the Union address. He might mess up a name here or there, but he had gotten better with age. He should be judged on his achievements, which rivaled those of LBJ. Anything suggesting he was in decline was a paranoid lie, or — in a truly ridiculous neologism — "a cheap fake.
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God, religion and you (7/24/24)"God is among us. And that is enough." God-talk at a political convention can be a turn-off. And maybe especially coming from a former Fox News host (Tucker Carlson). And religious rhetoric was flowing fast and copiously in Milwaukee at the Republican convention following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. I don’t know that God spared Trump’s life so that he could become president again. But God is real, and He is among us. Whatever your politics. ...
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Saved by the hand of God (7/23/24)On July 13, the nation watched with horror when a crazed shooter attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. The fact that he survived this attack can only be described as a miracle. While I’m incredibly grateful the former president is safe, it’s tragic that a murderous nut job took the life of an innocent father and seriously injured two others. ...
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Let voters decide, not federal agencies, others (7/23/24)14When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on to do the "right thing" of electing the Democratic candidate in waiting Hillary Clinton. ...
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Gun violence in Cape (7/23/24)As I am sitting here after once again another shooting has happened here in Cape Girardeau, I am disheartened and saddened that this continues to happen every single day and tears apart families, friends and communities we live in. ...
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Gun violence in Cape (7/22/24)As I am sitting here after once again another shooting has happened here in Cape Girardeau, I am disheartened and saddened that this continues to happen every single day and tears apart families friends and communities we live in. As a concerned citizen of Cape Girardeau, we have to hold people accountable for their actions. As a survivor of domestic and firearms violence, I am truly disappointed that gun violence has ripped through our community. I am definitely concerned for our city...
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Missouri’s Water Wars: Legislators push controversial bills on water exportation (7/18/24)Let’s talk about water bills in the Missouri Legislature in the past session. We’ll connect the water drops. There are several bills, but primarily two open the door to the topic of water exportation across Missouri state lines. They were both sponsored and offered at about the same time along with other bills and amendments, in what seemed to be presented in a "panic to pass" atmosphere. ...
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A call for bold leadership in troubling times (7/18/24)I heard this song a few days ago, "Wondering Where the Lions Are," and it got me thinking about our need for lions right about now. They don’t seem as scary as they did before. ...
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Editorial: People are the star attraction at Jackson Homecomers (7/24/24)Festivals usually have a star attraction — dogwoods and azaleas in Charleston or jumping mules at East Perry County Community Fair — to tie the associated events to a common theme. For the annual weeklong Jackson Homecomers in Uptown Jackson, the star is the people — current residents and those from the area who moved away over time who come together this time each year. ...
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Column: Saved by the hand of God (7/22/24)8On July 13, the nation watched with horror when a crazed shooter attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. The fact that he survived this attack can only be described as a miracle. While I’m incredibly grateful the former president is safe, it’s tragic that a murderous nut job took the life of an innocent father and seriously injured two others. ...
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Column: Can we let the voters decide -- Not the FBI, CIA, DOJ, lawyers, prosecutors, and judges? (7/22/24)When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on to do the "right thing" of electing the Democratic candidate in waiting Hillary Clinton. What followed were eight long years of extralegal efforts to neuter candidate, then President, then ex-President, and then candidate again, Donald Trump...
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Editorial: Stars and Stripes Museum embarks on expansion to honor military journalism legacy (7/22/24)The Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of military journalism. This institution, dedicated to the history of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, is embarking on an ambitious expansion project that promises to enhance its role in preserving and educating the public about this significant facet of American history. ...
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Speak Out: Speak Out 7-22-24 (7/22/24)After J.D. Vance was officially named the vice president nominee of the Republican Party, the Biden administration said he lacked the experience for the job. What a statement coming from a party that has Kamala Harris as a vice president, three years in and she still has no experience because she has not done anything. Let’s not forget Barack Obama was a community organizer and then a first-term senator with no experience, but after eight years of his presidency, the United States had quite an experience, all of which was bad. Vote Trump-Vance and give the United States a chance. ...
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Column: How will Trump react to his brush with death? (7/22/24)2“This isn’t my father’s Secret Service.” That’s what I immediately tweeted in response to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Little did I know. ...
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Column: How to pay for Trump’s tax cuts (7/22/24)The situation is indeed dire. The national debt has reached staggering levels, and the next president will inherit a ticking time bomb of fiscal deadlines that could significantly worsen the burden. ...
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Column: The Trump assassination attempt leaves Biden with just one viable political option (7/20/24)Jonah GoldbergOne can hardly fault Donald Trump for believing divine providence is on his side. He’s had the most impressive lucky streak in living political memory. While his debate performance was exceptional only if graded on a curve, his opponent’s was a debacle by any objective standard. Then the Supreme Court handed down an exceedingly fortuitous ruling on presidential immunity, which at a minimum delayed the federal cases against him until after the election. And a lone concurrence by Justice Clarence Thomas in that decision apparently inspired Aileen Cannon, a federal judge in Florida, to throw out the classified documents case against him.
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Column: What we must learn from Trump shooting (7/20/24)1Star ParkerWe now have, as we would expect, a tsunami of commentary regarding the horrible assassination attempt on Donald Trump. It is not trivial to observe that at least the good news is that just about everyone agrees what happened is very bad and not an encouraging sign about the state of our nation. After that point of agreement, we have many different and diverging opinions about who or what is to blame. Republicans, Democrats, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, etc., etc.
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Column: Guest commentary: Thanking local leaders and debunking Dr. Frank’s dubious voter fraud theories (7/20/24)A. MattinglyI write this letter for two reasons: to thank Rep. Barry Hovis, District 146, and Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers for speaking in support of our voting procedures and system. My second is to question the general and specific remarks of Dr. Douglas Frank on June 18 related to "massive amounts of voter fraud and how voters are ‘fighting a war’ to stop rigged elections."
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Editorial: SEMO cybersecurity program earns federal recognition (7/19/24)1Through the ages, information has been a valuable commodity, and because of that, bad actors have tried to take it even if it wasn’t theirs. We’ve gotten better about protecting our personal, commercial and governmental financial, medical and intelligence records. But so have the folks trying to get that information. ...
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Column: Is Donald Trump still a quasi-Nazi? (7/19/24)8The White House is now faced with a conundrum — how to make the case against Donald Trump as a quasi-Nazi while lowering the proverbial temperature after his near-assassination. Joe Biden’s Oval Office address calling for toning down the overheated rhetoric in our politics was fine as far as it went, except it included no mea culpa, no assurance that he’ll try to do better himself, no recognition that his political and media allies have been the worst offenders. ...
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Editorial: Semoball Awards: Southeast Missouri’s annual high school athletics prom (7/17/24)Southeast Missouri’s annual high school athletics prom — the Semoball Awards, presented by Mercy Health — lived up to the billing Friday night, July 12, with New Madrid County Central’s Jadis Jones and Kennett’s Handley McAtee being named king and queen of the court, field and diamond. ...
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Speak Out: Speak Out 7-17-24 (7/17/24)I am very disappointed in your article about the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference Summer Championships held in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, July 13, at the Cape Aquatic Center. I see the article focused on individual swimmers; however, in the text which addresses the team totals, you neglected to report the first-place winner of the medium-size team as River City Aquatics (RCA), the home team for the meet. ...
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Column: GOP platform has lost its way (7/17/24)1Pro-life people believe abortion to be the human rights issue of our lifetime, one with eternal stakes. With the Republican Party’s changes to its platform regarding abortion, it’s hard to believe the GOP is in the cause for the long haul — never mind the eternal. The platform no longer calls for an end to abortion, opting instead for the leave-it-to-the-states position. This platform and likely presidential nominee Donald Trump have abandoned any even nominal claim to the moral high ground. ...
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Column: Our Brezhnev, our Pravda, our Soviet Union ... (7/17/24)Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as general secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank, and gained weight, he aged prematurely. Also like them, his disabilities never led to his abdication. ...
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Column: Attempted assassination of former President Trump must be a wakeup call for America (7/16/24)17Saturday’s rally for former President Donald Trump was supposed to be one final event before the Republican National Convention. Some thought he might announce his vice-presidential pick. Thousands of people attend these rallies. For some, it’s their first and maybe only opportunity to see a former president in person. It’s supposed to be a joyous, patriotic experience. ...
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Column: SE MO Redi pursuing strategy for economic growth, job creation in region (7/16/24)The Cape Area Magnet organization was established in 1992 as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Its mission is to foster a strong economic environment resulting in the retention, expansion, creation and attraction of jobs and new investment in the area. ...
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Editorial: The growing impact of Muddy River Marathon on local not-for-profits (7/15/24)In the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump", the film’s namesake, played by Tom Hanks, says, "Now you wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!” ...
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Column: Make America affordable again (7/15/24)1Veronique de RugyThe Republican National Committee just released its 2024 platform. While calling it a platform is a stretch, the list of bullet points gives an idea of what the potential next Trump administration’s goals are. Here’s one issue that should be front and center: End inflation and make America affordable again.
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Speak Out: Speak Out 7-13-24 (7/13/24)__Cardinals season__ The St Louis Cardinal’s have been playing some exciting baseball the last month. The pitching has been the main reason for their turnaround and although I and others have been critical of Mozeliak, he did a good job putting together a veteran pitching staff. And the manager, although inexperienced, he has done a good job managing the relief pitchers. They all will benefit from the All-Star break, and Ryan Hensley deserves a lot of credit for saving many close games.
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Column: An excellent SCOTUS decision on homelessness (7/13/24)Star ParkerHomelessness, unfortunately, has become a persistent and growing problem in the United States. The Supreme Court, in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, just dealt with one big issue associated with this problem — the ability of cities to prohibit camping on public property.
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Editorial: Behavioral health unit will continue its work under new ‘ownership’ (7/12/24)1Not every call for law enforcement help involves a law and order issue. Often — nearly five times per day from 2020 through 2022, according to Cape Girardeau Police Department statistics — the situation isn’t of a criminal or civil nature. It’s a behavioral health matter. Recognizing this and understanding that a police officer, while trained in multiple disciplines, doesn’t necessarily have a medical or counseling background, Cape’s police department implemented a Co-Responder Unit in 2020.
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Column: The coup against Joe Biden (7/11/24)Rich LowryThe Democratic Party is divided. On the one side is the faction that wants to dump the presidential candidate chosen by more than 14 million Democratic primary voters. On the other side is the faction that wants to keep the presidential candidate who almost certainly will not serve out his four-year term, leading to the ascension of an unelected president and unelected vice president.
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Column: What many don’t understand about Trump’s agenda (7/11/24)2Jonah GoldbergDonald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They disagree only on whether that agenda is good or bad.
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Letter to the Editor: Why GOP must rethink its nominee (7/11/24)I demand that Republicans immediately replace former President Donald Trump as their nominee for president due to his astonishingly anti-American performance at the debate. President Joe Biden had a bad night. Former President Trump had a terrible night promoting his usual disgusting, darkness-in-America, twisted version of reality.
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Column: All options must be on the table to deliver tax relief (7/10/24)20Jason SmithRepublicans are already hard at work to once again deliver for working families and small businesses by building on the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act next year. The 2017 tax law is a blueprint for prosperity that should be made permanent, and all options are on the table to ensure the biggest winners continue to be low- and middle-income people.
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Speak Out: Speak Out 7-10-24 (7/10/24)__No more Obama__ We do NOT need four more years of Obama! He set the stage for the shape our country is in now and he has been running things for years while Biden continues to mentally decline. Having Michelle Obama in office would be the death of this country! The only thing she did while Barry was in office was screw up the public school lunch system! That gives her a lot of experience running this great country and standing up to communist countries. If this is the best the Democratic Party has, they are in BIG trouble!
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Editorial: Consider answering a prayer by adopting (7/10/24)Possum Trot, Texas, is a little unincorporated community in Shelby County, Texas. It’s closer to Shreveport, Louisiana, than it is any of the Texas centers of Dallas, Houston or Austin. But the community is the subject of a movie focused on real events, “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot”.
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Column: The power of ‘Possum Trot’ (7/9/24)Kathryn Lopez"The whole town. The whole town wants kids now!" The caseworker with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services was giddy with a mixture of elation and disbelief. A pastor and his wife were in her office explaining that 22 families were ready to foster some of the most difficult children in the surrounding area. The pastor emphasized the point: There are more couples than babies available to adopt.
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Thad Stubbs calls it a career
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