From Missouri Politics: Sadly my friends, a month after I quit as Mike Evans campaign manager, he continues to be a thief, by using services and products he never paid for as well as lies so much he can’t tell the truth. Missouri Democrats deserve better. * Mike Evans promised to pay me $1500 a […]

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From The St. Charles Journal: By Steve Pokin If you win the upcoming election, would you quit and leave office should you receive a fantastic job offer?I think we need to start asking that question in St. Charles County. In two years we have seen three state lawmakers leave office early. Two were in their […]

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Former Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.), a supporter of Romney, tells me that he doesn’t share the pessimistic view of 2008 that many Republicans hold. “I believe that this cycle is going to be very similar to 1992,” he says. “That year, it was all about changing Washington. That’s why Clinton won, and Republicans gained ten […]

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By Rob Luke TOPEKA — Kansas Rep. Kenny Wilk is adding more armor for his full-scale attack on a controversial new Missouri law on cross-state taxation. Wilk late last week submitted an unusual opinion request to Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison. He asked the AG’s opinion on whether a recent Missouri law increasing income taxes […]

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Representative Tom Dempsey declared victory last inght in his campaign for State Senate. Dempsey was elected with 56.2% of the vote. Citizens of St. Charles elected Dempsey to serve the remainder of former Senator Chuck Gross’ term, which goes through January 2009. In this race, Dempsey defeated Democrat candidate Ed Applebaum. “I appreciate the bi-partisan […]

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FiredUp Missouri: “Discover[ing] a new corollary to majority-rule democracy.” Admittedly, we find it uncomfortable coming to the defense of a newspaper columnist, but in this particular case, it is certainly warranted. The spin happy bloggers over at FiredUp Missouri, needing a story to spin and distort to ridiculous proportions after the long holiday weekend, have […]

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“A man can change his beliefs in order to preserve his party, or, a man can change his party, in order to preserve his beliefs.” Sen. Chris Koster (D) In his best Winston Churchill impersonation, Sen. Chris Koster uttered these words as he betrayed friends, colleagues, and supporters by switching to the Democratic Party last […]

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Jay Nixon pictured with Bernardo Ramirez, former deputy vice president of the National Council of La Raza. Ramirez is currently a board member for the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation in Kansas City. Several readers have commented that we have it all wrong regarding La Raza, Mecha, and their nationalist desire for a fictional homeland in […]

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The Entrepreneur Artist: Dean Kermit Allison This bronze work depicts the selfmade man in his struggle to chisel himself from common stone. Blindfolded, The Entrepreneur must trust his instincts. His hand is battered from misplaced strokes of the hammer, constant reminders of his own mistakes. Not knowing if the next strike of the chisel will […]

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From The Turner Report: As the publication date for my third book and first non-fiction effort, The Turner Report, approaches, my publishing company, IUniverse, set up its bookstore page for the site earlier today. The site features a link at the bottom, which has a link at the bottom of the page that will take […]

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