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“I’m not mad at you, I’m proud of you. You took your first pinch like a man and you learned the two greatest things in life. Look at me. Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.” ...

When will someone recognize that the Tucson shooting says more about how we deal with the mentally ill in this country?

I got to drive around Hannibal for a few minutes the Wednesday after Christmas looking for a food option that might actually have a vegetable that wasn’t deep fried.

Another year rings in and I’m still a lawyer.

Just when you realize all the late afternoon naps in the world are not compelling enough to make you eat another piece of turkey this holiday season, I have something that will make you sleep easier at night — thereby making the required afternoon nap superfluous.

“How long am I going to be there?”

Santa Claus and taxes are on my mind.

Last month the Missouri Bar’s Board of Governors approved a proposal to modify some of the state’s criminal change of venue rules.

James Turner of Independence stands with others Nov. 23 as the body of Army Cpl. Jacob Russell Carver of Freeman, drives to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Harrisonville. Carver was killed in action Nov. 13 in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.

“Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.”

Sex crimes and sick kids, these are what have been occupying my time the past week.