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OpinionMay 29, 1999

The big advantage of having term limits in Missouri is it provides a perfect excuse for not seeking re-election by candidates who don't have a chance anyway. A candidate seeking to become Missouri's lieutenant governor is either exhausted from his current job or prefers being anonymous for four years...

The big advantage of having term limits in Missouri is it provides a perfect excuse for not seeking re-election by candidates who don't have a chance anyway.

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A candidate seeking to become Missouri's lieutenant governor is either exhausted from his current job or prefers being anonymous for four years.

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Gov. Mel Carnahan wouldn't let legislators increase their pensions higher than their salaries, although if some retired earlier, all of us would be better off.

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Legislators again this year failed to enact the death penalty for neighbors who start their power mowers at 6 a.m.

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The Founding Fathers certainly knew what they were doing when they called for presidential elections every four years. How else would we know about America's most imminent threats?

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A report issued by the New York Stock Exchange says the nation's economic health has never been better -- which was the gist of a similar report in 1929.

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If St. Louis civic leaders were really serious about restoring their city, they would have already set up recruiting stations just outside Kosovo.

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Guns are good if we place them in the hands of Yugoslavian lawbreakers and bad if we allow their possession by our own variety.

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Talk about pressure. Mark McGwire has to hit 70 homers this year while keeping his interstate highway free of litter.

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