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Denny Hoskins: I stood on principle in Missouri鈥檚 map fight

Denny Hoskins: I stood on principle in Missouri鈥檚 map fight

  • By Denny Hoskins

This past summer we celebrated America鈥檚 250th birthday, made possible by a handful of rabblerousers we now know as the Founding Fathers. So great was their belief in the pursuit of freedom and liberty for all, they risked everything 鈥 down to their lives.

Opinion: SLPS' 'Future Ready' plan requires school board to be brave

Opinion: SLPS' 'Future Ready' plan requires school board to be brave

  • By Colette Higgins

"Future Ready," the plan for redistricting 最新杏吧原创 Public Schools, is a proposal in desperate need of a mandate.

Opinion: We should revamp SLPS 鈥 but school closure plan is too vague

Opinion: We should revamp SLPS 鈥 but school closure plan is too vague

  • By Dorothy Rohde-Collins

For students and educators, the new school year holds more hope and promise than even the early days of January. New shoes. Improved lesson plans. Fresh supplies. Big dreams.

Schmidt: Don't violate my 4th Amendment rights with your Flock cameras

Schmidt: Don't violate my 4th Amendment rights with your Flock cameras

  • By Lynn Schmidt

Don't tread on my license plate.

Opinion: A quarter-century later, 鈥楴ever Forget鈥 is our responsibility

Opinion: A quarter-century later, 鈥楴ever Forget鈥 is our responsibility

  • By Emily Stack

For millions of Americans, there is one question that requires almost no thought before answering: Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001? We remember.

Opinion: Our free market was the terrorists' target. Today, it thrives

Opinion: Our free market was the terrorists' target. Today, it thrives

  • by Eric Ventimiglia

The world as we knew it changed in a single, cloudless September morning 25 years ago. On this solemn anniversary, our most profound duty is remembrance, mourning the nearly 3,000 lives that were violently cut short. We honor the courage of the first responders who ran toward the danger, and…

Opinion: Attacking innocents 鈥 Americans, Jews or Muslims 鈥 is wrong

Opinion: Attacking innocents 鈥 Americans, Jews or Muslims 鈥 is wrong

  • By Alma Hernandez

This Sept. 11 marks 25 years since 2,977 people from at least 90 countries were murdered. This year, the evening of Sept. 11 also marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, known in Jewish liturgy as Yom HaZikaron, the Day of Remembrance.

Opinion: Data-center rules will test our community health decisions

Opinion: Data-center rules will test our community health decisions

  • Sep 10, 2026

最新杏吧原创 is considering how to regulate a new kind of industrial neighbor: the data center.

When everyday situations get awkward, what鈥檚 the ethical thing to do? | The Ethical Life podcast

When everyday situations get awkward, what鈥檚 the ethical thing to do? | The Ethical Life podcast

  • Sep 9, 2026

馃带 Some ethical decisions arrive without warning. We revisit four dilemmas that ask what you would do when the right choice isn't immediately obvious.

Opinion: I interviewed Gloria Steinem in 1994. Her words still resonate

Opinion: I interviewed Gloria Steinem in 1994. Her words still resonate

  • Sep 9, 2026

I met Gloria Steinem in the ladies room.

Opinion: 最新杏吧原创 needs Midtown TIF to rebuild a vital urban district

Opinion: 最新杏吧原创 needs Midtown TIF to rebuild a vital urban district

  • Sep 9, 2026

Every single day, I walk the streets of Midtown Alley. As the owner of The Fountain on Locust and a founding board member of the Midtown Alley Business Alliance, I see both the vibrant energy of our district and the massive, century-old infrastructure challenges holding our neighborhood 鈥 an…

Opinion: Missouri Republicans are livid over redistricting mess they caused

Opinion: Missouri Republicans are livid over redistricting mess they caused

  • Sep 8, 2026

"It boils down to this," writes Jason Hancock. "Missouri officials knew in December that the legality of this referendum could determine which congressional map would govern the 2026 election."

5 things Dolly Parton taught us about work | Dimon Kendrick-Holmes

5 things Dolly Parton taught us about work | Dimon Kendrick-Holmes

  • Sep 4, 2026

When it came to managing her career and investing her money, Dolly Parton said "yes" to a lot of kids -- and "no" to Elvis.聽

Flock cameras erode trust in local government 鈥 Richard Kyte

Flock cameras erode trust in local government 鈥 Richard Kyte

  • Sep 3, 2026

If you drive a car in the United States, chances are you have been recorded by Flock cameras.

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Opinion: How a weird little film most theaters didn't want saved mine

Opinion: How a weird little film most theaters didn't want saved mine

"Tim Curry died last week at the age of 80. Reflecting on this time, nearly 50 years later, I cannot help but cry tears of gratitude..."

Do Flock cameras make communities safer? | The Ethical Life podcast

Do Flock cameras make communities safer? | The Ethical Life podcast

馃带 The hosts debate whether AI-powered license plate readers provide meaningful public protection or create unacceptable risks involving privacy, misuse and concentrated power.

Trump's imperial smash-and-grab isn't constitutional or moral | Jonah Goldberg

Trump's imperial smash-and-grab isn't constitutional or moral | Jonah Goldberg

So, it was a war for oil after all.

Opinion: The right questions to ask when data centers make their pitch

Opinion: The right questions to ask when data centers make their pitch

In Quincy, Wash., data centers provide three-fourths of the city鈥檚 property tax revenue, and residents have watched their tax rates fall for years.

Opinion: Missouri鈥檚 high court should uphold our constitutional order

Opinion: Missouri鈥檚 high court should uphold our constitutional order

Missouri is at a crossroads. The path we take will decide whether we remain a constitutional republic, as the Founders designed, or drift toward something that looks more like mob rule dressed up as 鈥渢he will of the people.鈥

Schmidt: Missouri's expired-tag remedy is still stuck in the slow lane

Schmidt: Missouri's expired-tag remedy is still stuck in the slow lane

Missouri has a revenue problem hiding in plain sight, affixed to the backs of cars across the state. The fix keeps getting announced. It never quite arrives.

Opinion: Investing in safety is how 最新杏吧原创 is moving forward

Opinion: Investing in safety is how 最新杏吧原创 is moving forward

At a time when public disagreements can make 最新杏吧原创 appear divided, we should not lose sight of what is happening in our neighborhoods: 最新杏吧原创 is becoming safer. That progress is not accidental. Officers, community leaders, prosecutors and residents are working together to prevent viol…

Opinion: Missouri banks need a stablecoin rulebook, not new roadblocks

Opinion: Missouri banks need a stablecoin rulebook, not new roadblocks

In 1928, a small bank opened its doors in Garden City, Missouri. For most of a century it did what community banks do: local deposits, local loans, local knowledge. Today that same charter operates as Lead Bank in Kansas City, and it runs some of the most advanced digital dollar payment infr…

Opinion: SLPS was right to spend money on schools that might yet close

Opinion: SLPS was right to spend money on schools that might yet close

Recent reporting that 最新杏吧原创 Public Schools spent millions of dollars improving buildings now proposed for closure raises a fair question: Why spend money on schools that may eventually close? ("最新杏吧原创 Public Schools spent millions fixing up buildings marked for closure," Aug. 24.)

Opinion: Imagine leaving a hospital with nowhere to go but the street

Opinion: Imagine leaving a hospital with nowhere to go but the street

A patient can be medically stable enough to leave a hospital and still be far too sick to recover on a sidewalk, in a shelter or in a car.

Opinion: Mo. families need affordable healthcare. Here鈥檚 how to get it

Opinion: Mo. families need affordable healthcare. Here鈥檚 how to get it

Every year, Missouri employers sit down with their insurance broker hoping their healthcare costs won鈥檛 rise again. Too often, they do. Most assume those increases are simply the cost of doing business or the unavoidable price of healthcare.

Opinion: Fewer students, more spending hasn't been a winning formula

Opinion: Fewer students, more spending hasn't been a winning formula

In the 2024鈥25 school year, Missouri spent a total of $17.5 billion on our 855,000 K鈥12 public education students 鈥 just over $20,400 per student.

Do we learn more from people who disagree with us? | The Ethical Life podcast

Do we learn more from people who disagree with us? | The Ethical Life podcast

馃带 The hosts examine how civil debate, genuine curiosity and shared interests can turn differences in values or politics into opportunities for deeper understanding.

Beware the moral panic over AI data centers | Jonah Goldberg

Beware the moral panic over AI data centers | Jonah Goldberg

Don't look now, but we seem to have a moral panic on our hands.

Opinion: For Dolly Parton, being authentic was more than a 鈥9 to 5鈥 job

Opinion: For Dolly Parton, being authentic was more than a 鈥9 to 5鈥 job

"There are many ways to measure the life someone lived."聽

Opinion: There鈥檚 a bookie in your college freshman鈥檚 pocket

Opinion: There鈥檚 a bookie in your college freshman鈥檚 pocket

An 18-year-old college freshman may not be old enough to place a legal sports bet in Missouri. But this fall, they can nonetheless walk into their dorm room, pull out their phone and make the same wager anyway.

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