By JOHN ASHCROFT For almost two years, the country has debated whether the Bush administration acted properly and lawfully in undertaking emergency surveillance operations of suspected foreign terrorists on presidential authorization in the wake of 9/11. For several months, we have been debating bills that seek to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court statute. There […]

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By Don Corrigan Mizzou’s J-School is gearing up for its 100th birthday party in 2008 as America’s oldest journalism school. My hunch is that a lot of us returning to our alma mater will be proud of the old school, but not so proud about the sad and lowly state of our profession. On the […]

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Please welcome new blogger Rick Fischer to the blogosphere. Rick is a husband, father to three girls, and an attorney in O’Fallon, Missouri. Rick says he is very involved in political issues, but is not a member of any political party. Every Tuesday morning, he co-hosts a radio show on KFAV, 99.9, with Lynn Schipper. […]

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Tony’s Kansas City: “Kay Barnes represents one of the best chances in the nation for a Democrat to knock off a Republican, according to Congressional Quarterly. Of course, that means the rest of the country really doesn’t care about empty stadiums, huge debt loads and an administration run completely on propaganda.”

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Looks like Baghdad Messenger’s foaming at the mouth, personal Jihad against the Blunt Administration has spawned the need for some type of balance at The News Leader. The “Fiercely Independent Politically” Baghdad announced today the creation of two new blogs: Ozarks Right and Ozarks Left. “They’re an attempt to get more community members talking about […]

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From Blog KC: Tomorrow voters in the KCMO and Independence school districts will vote an initiative petition to transfer a part of the KCMO district that is located inside the Independence and Sugar Creek city limits over to the Independence districts. Residents of western Independence have been trying to do this for years, citing the […]

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From Camp: LGBT Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Mark Funkhouser. 11/7/2007 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Here’s your chance to meet the mayor and ask questions in this first town hall meeting for the LGBT community. Event brought to you by Four Freedoms Democratic Club, UMKC LGBT Office and The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Greater […]

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Is the two-party system working? Is there room for the so-called disenfranchised voters in Missouri’s political process? Barbara Woodruff says “no” and “yes” to those questions in the newest “Missouri Viewpoints” interview. Woodruff is the co-founder of Show Me Independents, an organization that is working to reach out to those who do not identify with […]

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By Jonathan Martin The best part about the Bond endorsement for Rudy: Why else, besides maybe some Show Me State GOP rivalries, would a veteran and very safe senator endorse, if not for train-leaving-the-station purposes? Read more…

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From the Branson Missouri blog: Soon, the “Bloodmoney Reduction Act” will be submitted to Branson Alderman. The initiative sponsored by “People against corruption and Faux-change” will propose the city of Branson utilize an estimated $70,000 collected annually through cigarette sells to be used to fund provision of smoking cessation devices. Read more… [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/o_LutWBunb4″ width=”425″ […]

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