There’s an image that’s stayed with me for weeks: A sea of people holding up “Mass Deportation Now” signs at the Republican National Convention. more

Dear Empty Nesting Professionals, more

Friends, I’m beyond words today. My 20-year-old middle kid just drove out of our driveway heading back to Michigan for his third year of college. And now I’m packing up the last of our youngest daughter’s things so we can move her into a dorm for her first year of college. I’m not good at goodbyes, so it’s a struggle to keep my head above these emotional waters. more

I must admit something that people who still go to work every day will find hard to believe; I miss working. more

Are you are still wondering where the Sedalia Area Farmers’ Market moves to during The Missouri State Fair? We will have moved to Downtown Sedalia on Ohio Street between Sixth and Seventh Street. more

A factory that makes a product that everyone needs is prepared for success. It doesn’t have to spend its advertising budget to convince many people that they need a product they had never thought of wanting. It only has to persuade consumers that their product is the best in quality and in value. more

As someone who was raised by two women, (my mother and older sister) after my father passed away when I was nine, I have no problem with having a woman as my president. more

Oh my goodness, I cannot believe the number of wineries (more than 124), distilleries and breweries that have opened up in Missouri since my last tour of the State. A few have closed, but most are going strong. You cannot drive within an hour of Sedalia in any direction and not find one of the above. However, today we will focus on the wine. more

My summer semester is over – no telling students for a while not to begin sentences with the expletive pattern and to develop a thesis statement that will make their argument easy to follow. I have a few weeks before I start a fall class and begin those admonitions all over again. Somehow, I think God knows when I need a break, because a few of my complex law cases wound down about the same time I was grading finals. This means I have time to do . . . what? more

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris has been marked by an unusual level of gender controversy — first over a risqué tableau of the Last Supper during the Games’ opening ceremonies, then over the identity of top Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. more

Rain gardens capture stormwater runoff in a shallow depression in the soil, filter the water by allowing it to gently percolate through the soil and add it back into the ground water and water table. more

China’s buying of American farmland is a major concern. When that land is near a major U.S. military base, the stakes get a lot higher. more

There are less than 100 days until the election, which means the next three months will be filled with people yelling about politics on television, radio, and podcasts. There’ll be plenty of furious ALL CAPS typing on social media, too. more

When the Sedalia Democrat revealed the Businessmen’s Club’s plans to enhance Sedalia’s growth and wealth by encouraging new factories to open in Sedalia, few outside business management circles knew what was actually involved. more

On the 29th of July of this year, my wife and I celebrated another anniversary; our 64th. more

The Olympics are back, and I am once again enthralled by the likes of Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, and a bespectacled engineer named Stephen Nedoroscik, who is a savant on the pommel horse – and many others. more

I was born and raised in Salem, Missouri. Most of my family still lives in Dent and Reynolds counties. If you have been on a float trip down Current River, you have been to Salem. more

Attending the Missouri State Fair is a cherished tradition for many, but for some, the bustling atmosphere — with loud music, sirens, games, crowds, and the stress of navigating accessibility options — can be overwhelming and act as barriers to fully enjoying the event. more

Sedalia was praised as a manufacturing center in boosterish pamphlets such as “A Feast of Cold Facts” printed in 1896 and revised in 1898 by I. MacD Demuth. His purpose was to encourage new business to come to Sedalia. more

I started to call this piece “My America” but I realized there are a lot of people out there who hopefully think like I do, and it is their America too. more