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Your Opinion: Response to Thompson Dear Editor: My opinion concerning the use of the words "assassination" and "provocation" were recently disputed Jan. 17, 2020, by Mr. Curtis Thompson. Published Jan. 27 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Feds offer no viable solution to poverty Dear Editor: The following are some statistics indicating one measure of the success of Medicaid and federal Income Security programs. Published Jan. 27 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Dems corrupt tactics Dear Editor: The case against President Trump was so clear and irrefutable that according to Speaker Pelosi the House was compelled to rush it to a vote without producing supporting evidence to get this dangerous man out of office. Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Senators should act like they care Dear Editor: This morning I awoke to the news of 21 jurors that were out of their seats, or out of the room as the House mangers were presenting their case? Why? Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Initiatives aimed at improving maternal health Dear Editor: There's no arguing with the Jan. 18 News Tribune editorial, "Missouri needs to improve maternal health." Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Ceres a fitting riverfront image Dear Editor: Mr. Dirschell, I want to welcome you to Jefferson City, Missouri. Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Interventionist feds cause boondoggles Dear Editor: Why do we constantly need more nanny-state government programs? Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Response to Thompson Dear Editor: Mr. Curtis Thompson in the Jan. 17 edition of your paper said "Mike Barnhill asserts in his Jan, 13 LTE that Trump created a 'provocation' when he ordered the killing of Soleimani and calls it an 'assassination. Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Response to Gerling Dear Editor:Definitions: Disengaged — Six million out of 350 million watched Democratic debate and unaware of proposals or costs. Published Jan. 26 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Response to Barnhill Dear Editor: Mr. Barnhill quotes that well-known legal scholar Mark Hamill asking "Why would an innocent man bar witnesses who could exonerate him?" Published Jan. 25 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Cost of Medicaid expansion - the facts Dear Editor: Last week during his State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson said that Medicaid expansion would be "a massive tax increase that Missourians cannot afford." Published Jan. 25 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Response to Reichel Dear Editor: Dale Reichel wrote about colonization and that we should make Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel states. Published Jan. 24 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Interesting history from Clinton impeachment Dear Editor: Let's look back at the 1998/1999 impeachment of Bill Clinton.Watch Clinton on camera at www. Published Jan. 24 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Thoughts and Prayers? Dear Editor: Thirteen million acres have burned in Australia, an area twice the size of Maryland. Published Jan. 24 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: State workers asked to 'do more with less' Dear Editor: Once again, our elected state politicians are planning to fail because they are failing to adequately plan. Published Jan. 24 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Climate change solutions Dear Editor: I found a book at the library I would like to recommend that may help people understand some of the confusion that exists regarding climate change: "The Water Will Come" written by Jeff Goodell. Published Jan. 23 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: NT cartoon's sad take on climate change Dear Editor: Mr. Dyke's cartoon on Jan. 15 sadly tries to blame the climate crisis solely on nature rather than acknowledge the major contributor — human choices. Published Jan. 23 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Is Ceres an object of worship? Dear Editor: Bert Dirschell asked if there were any other states with pagan gods on their capitol. Published Jan. 23 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: What's to salvage in the GOP? Dear Editor: In today's New York Times (Jan. 18, 2020) columnist Bret Stevens wonders, "Can anyone save the GOP?"He postulates that "Bill Weld, the former Massachusetts governor will try a longshot gambit in New Hampshire. Published Jan. 22 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Will honest Republicans stand up for us? Dear Editor: Republicans seems to have totally disregarded fairness and honesty in their quest to control public institutions and feed their greed. Published Jan. 22 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Is Ceres not subject to consistency? Dear Editor: Jim Dyke's cartoon (News Tribune, Jan 9) uses the background of opposition to the restored Ceres (Roman goddess of agriculture, atop the Capitol dome, home of the state) because of some opposition to the goddess on the basis of the separation of state and religion. Published Jan. 22 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Note to Randall Balmer Dear Editor: I do not profess to have the educational background, or even perhaps the knowledge that Mr. Balmer has, but with respect to his comments in the Los Angeles Times published in our own local paper, I have to answer with my opinion. Published Jan. 22 2020 @ 12:05am

Your Opinion: Real reasons Trump left the Paris Climate Summit Dear Editor: Time Magazine's recent article on "Can the oil-and-gas industry survive the climate-change fall-out?" may explain why President Trump left the Paris Climate Summit. Published Jan. 22 2020 @ 12:05am