Opinion
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Opinion: Recent efforts to combat teacher shortages don’t address the real problems
States have recently focused their efforts to reduce the nation’s teacher shortage by promoting strategies that “remove or relax barriers to entry”…
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Opinion: Lives hang in the balance as time runs out for action on health insurance
Five years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Yet I’m the lucky one. I could afford…
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Opinion: 1st District Democratic primary will be an expression of what the St. Louis community values
In the sixth chapter of Isaiah, God poses a compound question: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Isaiah…
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Opinion: They say information is power. Wrong. Accurate information is power
Facts and accurate information matter. But disinformation has been and continues to be front and center, negatively impacting our political process. Somehow…
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Opinion: States with strong anti-abortion laws have high maternal, infant mortality rates
As someone who considers himself pro-life, I should be celebrating the recent Dobbs case that the Supreme Court used to…
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Opinion: On Fourth of July, let’s pause and reflect on America’s well-being
As we pause to celebrate the birth of our nation, we need to seriously reflect on the state of its…
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Opinion: COVID in Black and white shows systemic racism
“When white folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” We’ve known this old adage for years but never before…
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Opinion: Will Juneteenth have broader, enduring meaning as a national holiday?
In June 2021, Congress, with a unanimous vote in the Senate and support of all but 14 Republicans in the…
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Opinion: What if our leaders were hungry? Our future leaders are
In 2020, 6.1 million U.S. children (about the population of Missouri) lived in households where both adults and children struggled to…
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Opinion: The forgotten history of Memorial Day grew up in aftermath of Civil War
In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and…
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Opinion: Flash of GOP unity created a Missouri 2nd District even Harry Potter can’t turn blue
In 1992, Jim Talent was a nerdy, 30-something policy wonk with wire-rimmed glasses and a head of brown anchorman hair…
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Opinion: The abortion debate is filled with misinformation, hypocrisy
Embedded in the protracted abortion debate are many existing conditions and facts that are often omitted or distorted, along with…
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Opinion: A dysfunctional legislative session
The 2022 regular session of the Missouri General Assembly was the most dysfunctional I can remember in more than 50…
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Opinion: Now is the time to remember the good our government does for us
With higher gas prices, rising food costs and near record inflation as we emerge from the worst pandemic in a…
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Opinion: Capping prescription drug costs is not a substitute for lowering prices
Lawmakers in Congress have been promising to tackle rising drug prices for years, but so far there’s been little action.…
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Opinion: 2022 midterms give voters power to change state legislatures, Congress
How long are we willing to tolerate the obstructionism, stonewalling, half-truths and downright lies that are being used to pass…
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Opinion: COVID in children can bring lifetime of diabetes – and soaring insulin prices, unless Congress acts
As nurses, my husband and I witnessed truly awful and devastating things treating patients on the frontlines of this pandemic.…
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Opinion: Partisan policies didn’t raise gas prices, and partisan sniping won’t lower them
In 2020 the price of oil crashed, even falling to less than zero one day. Traders actually had to pay…
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Opinion: Faith plays an integral role in American politics, and we can’t ignore that
A cursory review of American history shows the central role God and religion played and continue to play in our…
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Opinion: We don’t want to admit the real worker shortage problem
A week ago, I was talking to an educator whose job it is to run training programs for students and…
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Opinion: It’s time Missouri lawmakers close the domestic violence gun loophole
Missouri continuously ranks in the top 10 of states for gun violence deaths and the number of women killed by their partners. Domestic…
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Opinion: Missouri Congressional redistricting has long been divisive
The extended Missouri Senate filibusters about congressional redistricting is a reminder about how bitter and divisive this issue can be.…
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Opinion: What I learned from watching more than 500 Jan. 6 videos
I recently watched hundreds of videos from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Many of the stark moments from the attack on…
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Opinion: Lawmakers need to take swift action on federal education funds
Congress passed, and President Joe Biden signed, the American Rescue Plan 10 months ago, creating the most significant infusion of…
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Opinion: Appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court is not affirmative action
The distorted misinformation about affirmative action is once again raising its ugly head around the potential nomination of a Black…
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Opinion: Missouri Legislature is targeting education
This year’s session of Missouri’s legislature has been flooded with measures to control what local public schools must do or…
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Opinion: Vaccine mandates have always faced resistance and saved lives
Health care professionals had high hopes that rapid vaccination of our entire U.S. population would slow COVID-19 transmission and stem…
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Opinion: The profound change in Missouri’s legislature
This column is prompted by a question from a long-time statehouse observer as to why Missouri’s legislature has become so…
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Opinion: ‘Roe’ never guaranteed abortion access. It’s time to build something better
Many of us heard of the passing of Sarah Weddington, the fearless attorney who represented Jane Roe in the landmark…
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Opinion: Eliminate the loneliness of COVID-19
COVID-19 creates isolation. It’s unavoidable and detrimental, particularly for an older adult. Here at Cardinal Ritter Senior Services, we help…
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