You’ve heard about the chaos in Egypt. Ordinary citizens got tired of their oppressive ruler and took to the streets. There are tanks in
Mandatory drug testing is pointless and costly
Missouri Republicans are on a roll, bringing back old ideas in the form of shiny new legislation. Making the rounds this year is H.B.
The Local Community Radio Act of 2010
A free Internet, as we’ve known it, may be slipping away with the FCC’s watered down Net Neutrality ruling and its recent approval of
A states’-rights assault on healthcare reform
Just as healthcare consumers are beginning to see and like the benefits of the healthcare reform act, Republicans have launched yet another attack designed
Momma, don’t take my healthcare reform away
What would healthcare consumers have to give up if Republicans succeed in undermining the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA], or if the
Women may be driving revolution in the Arab world
The mass demonstrations in Egypt, which will most likely result in the overthrow of U.S. backed President Mubarak, and the recent revolution in Tunisia,
The Civil War, the NFL, the haves and the have-nots
A recent article in the Washington Post pointed out a “myth” about the Civil War that relates to why middle and low income people
Reversing Citizens United
On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision on Citizen’s United v. FEC gave corporations the freedom to spend without limit
Turning up the heat on Missouri politicians: Sean Soendker Nicholson
Sean Soendker Nicholson has run the widely read Fired Up! Missouri blog since March 2009. With a national following in the thousands, Fired Up!
So much to learn from the Challenger disaster
Morton Thiokol was not the name of one of the astronauts aboard the Challenger spacecraft that blew up twenty-five years ago today (January 28,