Picture a nice size orange. Imagine it cut it in half. Stick two thin wires into the orange. Then close your eyes and think
Author: Glenn Koenen
Glenn Koenen is the retired executive director of Circle Of Concern and Hunger Task Force Chair for the Missouri Association for Social Welfare. In 2012 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in Missouri’s Second District.
Poverty stings: What’s left in grandma’s wallet after program cuts
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
Trump disappears poverty guidelines from Federal Register
Late every January – as reliable as the buzzards returning to Hinckley, Ohio each March – the revised Poverty Guidelines are published in the
TSA misses guns and knives, but nails me for my cardiac device
My wife and I, along with friends, spent a wonderful week in Arizona. We admired the Grand Canyon on a perfect April Day. We
The First Church of Cannabis, and other unintended consequences
Indianapolis hosted the 100th Anniversary Convention for Kiwanis International these past few days. As is the norm, I represented my Valley Park [Missouri] club.
What’s the matter with Missouri, and what we can do about it
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
Food stamp participation declines by almost 10% in Missouri: Not a pretty picture
In Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, having just hoisted a body from a grave says “What a filthy job.” Marty Feldman replies, “Could be worse,”
The “Grand Unifying Theory” and the case for societal action
Before dawn on a wickedly cold and rainy Thursday morning, fast food workers in black hoodies and t-shirts gathered on a parking lot on