We've all heard the rumors: you press one candidate and your vote switches to another.  Urban legend or reality? According to this increasingly popular video from Videothevote, it is a scary reality.  If you have not yet voted, please veri...

18 Nov 2008

Euphoria Let us take a moment to pause and use whatever capacity we have to understand the movement that much of this nation has undergone. In my way, I thank the neo-cons for forcing me to ask my own questions as to who I am.

12 Nov 2008

A select group of business leaders gathered at Missouri Southern State University to give students a local perspective on what most of them called "historic" economic times.

11 Nov 2008

A round-table discussion Monday night at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin gave those who attended a glimpse of what might be in store in the months ahead for the economy.

10 Nov 2008

Stock market fluctuations, the economy and credit crisis, and jobs will be among the topics Monday night when the Finance and Economics Department at Missouri Southern State University sponsors a public roundtable titled, “The Current Economic Condition and Its Effect on the Local Economy.”

8 Nov 2008

Try Harder After reading last week’s Visual Arts column , I was left with a suspicious feeling that instead of enjoying a fit and chiseled critique, I had watched a bald, overweight cheerleader climb to the top of the pyramid and cheer her heart out.

5 Nov 2008