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This column does not offer drive through COVID vaccines. But, for $100, I'd be glad to encourage you to take...

There are no Delta variant warnings in this column. You're going to have to get your COVID news elsewhere going...

I cleaned out my sock drawer this week and I am sad and happy to report that is one of...

Bob Griffin died last week. I suppose many will say, who? Time does that to legends. For 15 years, Bob...

I took in my first 4th of July on the Platte City square and color me impressed and sweaty. Excellent...

I have bad news. I did not include my comma in the headline of a recent column. To refresh, I...

Welcome to the summer in Missouri. We currently have approximately 25 hours of daylight and it's exhausting to me. I'll...

I sprained my ankle day drinking in Smithville last weekend. That doesn't seem consistent with my chronological age. Probably break...

I'd like to come clean. I'm not a fan of the 4th of July. It's not the colors. Red and...

I asked my wife to pick me up a daily vitamin at the store. She grabbed "Centrum Silver." Life comes...

Please say a prayer for me. Apple has figured out that my iPhone has not been upgraded in some time...

If a year of following the COVID science hasn't given you a bit of pause about the science driving climate...

The battle for education reform has landed in Missouri. Last week the Missouri legislature passed a bill that sets up...

Earth Day was last week, and I didn't do anything to celebrate. I'm pretty selfish when it comes to the...

Among all the societal underpinnings of the George Floyd murder trial was an aspect that impacts you and me nearly...

I caught a whiff of a lilac bush this weekend. It was glorious. I'm nearly six months post mild COVID...

The Missouri Senate nearly broke down last week over the appointment of Platte County's Todd Graves to the University of...

Can we all agree that Easter has nothing to do with a bunny? That has been bothering me for a...

You are reading a fully vaccinated columnist. Feel free to take your mask off. I had my second Pfizer dose...

I feel like a lot of us are short-changed on our initials. I see lots of lawyers that use an...