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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.

Are we witnessing the end of representative government?

April 9, 2020 Glenn Koenen 2020 Election, Constitution, Government, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

Back at the turn of the century, as Chair of the Missouri Advisory Council On Alcohol and Drug Abuse, I appeared before committees working-up

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ICD

The ABC’s of ICD’s [the device implanted in Blues player Jay Bouwmeester]

February 17, 2020 Glenn Koenen Health care, Sports, Transportation Leave a comment

Picture a nice size orange.  Imagine it cut it in half.  Stick two thin wires into the orange. Then close your eyes and think

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Poverty stings: What’s left in grandma’s wallet after program cuts

July 20, 2017 Glenn Koenen Budget, Missouri region, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

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

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poverty guidelines

Trump disappears poverty guidelines from Federal Register

January 25, 2017 Glenn Koenen Poverty Leave a comment

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

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TSA misses guns and knives, but nails me for my cardiac device

May 10, 2016 Glenn Koenen Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Government, Public safety, Transportation One comment

My wife and I, along with friends, spent a wonderful week in Arizona.  We admired the Grand Canyon on a perfect April Day.   We

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The First Church of Cannabis, and other unintended consequences

July 1, 2015 Glenn Koenen Food, Legal issues/Law, Missouri region, Poverty, Religion in Politics, States Leave a comment

Indianapolis hosted the 100th Anniversary Convention for Kiwanis International these past few days. As is the norm, I represented my Valley Park [Missouri] club.

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What’s the matter with Missouri, and what we can do about it

September 29, 2014 Glenn Koenen Economy, Employment, Missouri region, Poverty Leave a comment

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

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Food stamp participation declines by almost 10% in Missouri: Not a pretty picture

August 28, 2014 Glenn Koenen Food, Government, Missouri region, Poverty, States One comment

In Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, having just hoisted a body from a grave says “What a filthy job.” Marty Feldman replies, “Could be worse,”

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The “Grand Unifying Theory” and the case for societal action

December 19, 2013 Glenn Koenen Activism, History, Missouri region, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

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

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