Long before technology became the primary means of measuring bird populations, a handful of conservation-minded folks set out to record and monitor species with their eyes and ears. On Christmas Day in 1900, ornithologist Frank Chapman and 26 others put down their shotguns and picked up thei…
Heading into a new year, it feels like a great time to mix things up. So, after several years interviewing leaders in health and medicine to get their insight for this column, I thought it seemed only fair to turn the tables and have a colleague interview me.
The other day I was putting a bunch of pictures in albums.
For most of my life I’ve been okay with the fact that I have naturally curly hair. In fact, I’m actually thankful for my hair…but it hasn’t always been that way. You see, I was in junior high and high school when Farrah was in her prime; meaning you couldn’t turn in any direction without see…
“May I have another one of those little green hamburgers?” the young grandson asked at the family Christmas dinner last year.
Just to set some things right about Joe Biden's record for farmers compared to Trump's.
When Thanksgiving is over and the refrigerator is full of foil-wrapped food, my thoughts turn to what I’ve been craving all year.
Tony James stood holding a cardboard sign on the street corner, caught in the cold drizzle.
Dear Parents and Grandparents,
The moon was still mostly-hidden by clouds. The stream still cool, as was the night-air. And the next act had just begun. Whether technically this was the middle of the second-act or the third in a four-act play; I cannot say. Stagecraft never a strength. Nor, right then, the primary concern.
It’s a number to celebrate: 3.9 million. That’s the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with efforts to curb cigarette smoking. Seen another way, this translates to over 76 million years added to people’s lives. It’s truly astounding and doesn’t even include the impa…
I took a deep breath and stepped into the chaos of Walmart, determined to finally finish my Christmas shopping. Only a few carts were left; I grabbed one and braced for impact.
Most every child looks forward to climbing up on Santa’s lap to tell him what they hope to find under the tree on Christmas morning. Seeing them smile, hearing them speak, and even feeling a few tugs on his beard (as long as it’s not too hard) are the things that make Santa smile back at eve…
The question you need to ask anytime a Republican says they're doing something to help poor people or working people is, "How does it benefit the wealthy?"
Why won’t Jason Smith, Josh Hawley, Eric Schmitt, or any elected politician for that matter, hold an open town hall with their constituents? The reason is, they know the people they were elected to represent are going to ask them “YES or NO” questions. And they don’t want to answer “YES or N…
Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Pemiscot Memorial Hospital for Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) status and confirmed that the facility will receive approximately two million dollars in backpay:
You recall, I trust, that last week I began revealing this seasonal-tale. Wade-fishing at night for smallmouth, I had been “visited” by an apparition. Whether the results of sleep deprivation or guilty conscience---both of which I suffer—I would not swear.
A wintertime delight: Blackberry cobbler
The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a bedded doe, or a younger buck charging in nose to the ground and breaking up a group feeding in the open are still coming in, but the consensus is the show is over.
The end of the year is always a time of reflection for me, and this year is no exception.
I heard the first Christmas song of the year coming over the airwaves of a local radio station as Matt and I returned home from his family’s Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday in Washington, Mo. We sang along to even more Christmas music on the drive to and back home from my family’s Thanksgivi…
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