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With wine prices going up faster than a jet plane taking off, it is becoming more difficult to find reasonably priced wines of quality.
There is also the current problem of the increased tariffs …
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By Bennet Bodenstein
Contributing Columnist
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9/17/26
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I hope you don’t mind, but I want to lament, one more time, the loss of the neighborhood businesses everyone calls mom-and-pop stores.
The description of a mom-and-pop store didn't …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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9/14/26
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Dear Mother Nature,
Normally, I wouldn’t question a single thing you do. I’m a big fan of your work. Starry skies? Awe-inspiring. Tropical waterfalls? Lovely. Trees of every shape and size? …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/14/26
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Fourteen Republican lawmakers sent the Missouri Supreme Court a letter last week. It was not a fan letter. Hold Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt, they wrote, and we may come for your …
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By Jason Hancock
Guest Columnist
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9/14/26
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I’m sure just about everyone has uttered the words, “I hope I win the lottery!”
Have you ever thought about what you would do with a massive amount of money, though?
The idea of …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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9/14/26
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Years ago, researchers asked people to look at a series of photographs and identify what had changed from one picture to the next. In one experiment, nearly everything remained the same, except for …
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By Rev. Candace Fowler
First United Methodist
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9/10/26
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The radio clicked on at precisely 7 a.m., and NPR’s Carl Kassel began reporting the news. I rolled out of bed when Bob Edwards started talking. I donned my walking clothes, and like a …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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9/10/26
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As the parent of a public education student and a parent organizer, I am concerned about the governor’s proposed A-F School Grading Framework that requires the Department of Elementary and …
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By Judy Young
Guest Columnist
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9/10/26
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I have put off writing this for some time, but the madness of the Trump presidency has become too much to bear.
The offenses are so numerous and, in some cases, so vile that it is …
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By Jim Page
Guest Columnist
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9/10/26
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I love to travel, and I’ve often found that it’s the people we meet on our travels who truly enhance the trip. Meeting new people can also teach us a great deal — a recent trip to Canada was no …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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9/7/26
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Some people may wonder why my columns are shorter than the other ones that appear in the Sedalia Democrat; mine are usually around 500 words.
I learned to tailor them to that word count …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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9/7/26
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Author’s note: Local historian Bill Claycomb called this week to say that Henry Lamm, the subject of last week’s column, served as Chief Justice of the Missouri State Supreme Court from 1916 to …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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9/7/26
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Some people may wonder why my columns are shorter than the other ones that appear in the Sedalia Democrat; mine are usually around 500 words.
I learned to tailor them to that word count …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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9/7/26
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We just wanted a new color. Just paint. No big deal, right?
But first we had to decide on a color — something lighter than the terrible taupe we’d come to dread over the past decade. After …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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9/7/26
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Do you remember all those things we Missourians voted on that the legislature overturned? Right to Work, Clean Up Missouri, Medicaid expansion, protection of women’s healthcare, paid sick …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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9/3/26
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I’m all for free speech, but not for so-called free speech zones.
On Aug. 17, I addressed the City Council on that topic during good and welfare. Here’s what I told it:
“I am here …
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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9/3/26
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In 1970, Joni Mitchell wrote the song “Big Yellow Taxi” due to her despondence at the negative effect humans sometimes have upon nature. Her song offers a haunting reminder that introspection and …
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By Dan Brigman
Contributing Columnist
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9/3/26
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My granddaughter, Addie Grace, called me on Aug. 25, very distressed. “Grandma, Dolly died". I reassured her. “No, I hadn’t heard that. It’s probably just fake …
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By Sherry Broyles
Contributing Columnist
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9/3/26
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For the past few years, when Tom’s work takes him somewhere I’d like to see, I get my own plane ticket and tag along so we can be weekend tourists. The writing profession might never bring in the …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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8/31/26
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People have asked me if I miss working since I retired, and I have to admit that while I don’t miss the physical labor, there is one thing I miss from those days.
I miss the times I …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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8/31/26
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