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Missouri deserves a creative program for supporting businesses, reducing unemployment

2 years 9 months ago

Early last month, Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation to lower the state’s income tax rate at an annual cost of more than $500 million — shorting Missouri taxpayers out of a greater return for their money. Tax dollars that could have staffed up school districts facing teacher and staff shortages, improved facilities and equipment for […]

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Peter Gariepy

Hartmann: Food for Thought at Thanksgiving

2 years 9 months ago
Why do you suppose poor people are poor? That inquiry would make for an interesting Thanksgiving dinner table conversation, wouldn’t it? It’s on topic, after all.
Ray Hartmann

The St. Louis Junta and the Mexican Revolution

2 years 9 months ago
In the early 1900s the St. Louis press became obsessed with a group of local revolutionaries dubbed the “St. Louis Junta,” led by the anarchist writer and journalist Ricardo Flores Magón. Nicknamed “The Scorpion” because of the venomous sting of his pen, Flores Magón was one of the most outspoken critics of Mexican president Porfirio …
Brittany Krewson