Opinion Letters

Daniel Kliethermes, New Bloomfield

Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more crucial. Yet the portents are ominous.

September is usually filled with weary groanings and anxious energy as summer comes to its official end. But this year has found a new level of anguish, for in…

Having a baby? There's a new law meant for you: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

The retirement of Rupert Murdoch, the global media mogul perhaps most responsible for our contemporary media dysfunction, prompted renewed speculation about th…

I just turned 60, which seems, in equal measure, simply impossible and no big deal.

Feelings have been hurt.

Mark Bruenger, Jefferson City

On Saturday, $39 billion in federal child-care funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act is set to expire. As a result, close to 3.2 million ch…

Dear Editor, The federal government might shut down because extremist House Republicans are choosing partisan antics over funding the programs that lift up …

WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he's getting is for bare-knuckled attacks on his chief op…

You wouldn't think it would be that hard to kill someone.

The Senate finally approved three important military promotions, including the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. of the Air…

The Inflation Reduction Act, passed last year, gave Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices for the first time. The government will start with 10 medic…

House Republicans are in another titanic battle with President Joe Biden on how to balance the budget. Actually, it's a lopsided debate because Democrats have …