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Is it my hang-up, or society’s, that we are so tolerant of poverty?

As is self-evident, Republicans are gung-ho on cutting taxes because there is very little that government does that they truly value. The bigger the

Alas, it’s a lousy time to be a senior in Missouri. Besides the Circuit Breaker, other special help for our older neighbors is under

Late every January – as reliable as the buzzards returning to Hinckley, Ohio each March – the revised Poverty Guidelines are published in the

Throughout the coming weeks of sport and competition, keep in mind the cost Rio and Brazil are bearing to host us. More than 77,000 citizens

You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a

A recent article published here on Occasional Planet stated that the Republican debates last Thursday night were not as much of a clown car

The short answer is the Fed has been propping up the stock market. And, high stock prices are not always tethered to traditional methods of stock

We Democrats keep asking ourselves why in the world poor people vote Republican when it’s the Democrats who build and defend programs that will

Back in 2012, the most famous losing candidate in American wanted to be the junior U.S. Senator from Missouri. Todd Akin became late night

On the recommendation of someone who said everyone should see the movie “Rich Hill,” I attended the early show this morning. I hadn’t read