A journalist s random observations
If Donald Trump thought he could get away with naming the Smithsonian Museum of American History something such as a Museum of Un-American History, he would already have signed an executive order doing it. While most of us were paying Continue reading
By Bob Priddy, Missourinet Contributing Editor We’ll talk about the Royals and the Cardinals but not right now. NOW we want to talk about the championship football team in St. Joseph. Not the Chiefs—-they’re just practicing. We’re talking about the Continue reading
Let’s be clear about what I am about to discuss. As a journalist, a writer, an author, a parent, grandparent and great-grandparent, and a long-time library board member, I will not let someone else, particularly a government official, dictate what Continue reading
There have been few times Missourians have so revolted against legislative proposals for new constitutional amendments as they did Tuesday. Worst losses: 1912 Am 6 Authorizes land inheritance and utility taxes, excepts personal property, abolishes poll and occupational taxes, removes Continue reading
(This post has been updated to correct an error. Amendment five failed in every county, not in all but one. We relied on erroneous information for the original post.) It was not just a historic election— It was an epic Continue reading
By Bob Priddy, Missourinet Contributing Editor (TRADING DEADLINE)—-Kansas City Royals pitcher Kris Bubic has moved from the bottom to the top in the last hours of the MLB trading deadline. The Royals have sent him to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Continue reading
Maybe this will help you decide how to vote tomorrow, if you haven’t visited the county clerk’s office already. There’s a lot that backers of Amendment 5 have kept from you as they hold up Tennessee as a utopian land Continue reading
Advocated for Amendment 5, the income tax elimination, like to point to Tennessee as a state that flourishes without an income tax. As usual, campaigns—whether personal or policy in nature—cherry-pick simple issues and dislike honest discussion of the complexity of Continue reading
I’m typing this between phone calls to check on my Medicare program, my burial plans, the unclaimed property that might be waiting for me, an accident claim with my name attached to it and who knows what else because I’m Continue reading
By Bob Priddy, Missourinet Contributing Editor (CHIEFS)—The initial excitement that Patrick Mahomes is a full “go” for practice at the Chiefs training camp in St. Joseph, there is concern with news that the son of Assistant Coach Eric Bieniemy has Continue reading