MISSOURIANA

You can see Mark McGwire's 70th home run baseball in St. Louis for a $4 fee. Some of us can remember when you could watch an entire baseball game for less.

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There's not sense in being critical of the state's new $2.3 million jet, but it seems unfair that the taxpayers who paid for it will never get to ride in it.

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Farming may be the only occupation in the world in which the amount you're paid has nothing to do with how well you do your job.

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It takes an election campaign to remind voters that no subject is too insignificant for candidates to discuss and debate in detail.

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Democrats want to use extra federal revenue to rescue Social Security. Republicans want to cut some taxes. The public still want to know, "Where's the money?"

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After record rainfall recently, Missouri's slogan -- "When the Rivers Run" -- should be amended to "Where the Rivers Run Over Their Banks."