When Leasa Stone witnessed something horrible, she mourned. And then she acted.

To the editor:

To the editor:

Pro-choice VP candidate

When Leasa Stone witnessed something horrible, she mourned. And then she acted.

To the editor:

To the editor:

As I have said before, you have to credit Missouri's junior senator, Claire McCaskill. There she was Monday night in front of millions touting the accomplishments and life struggles of Sen. Barack Obama on his road to the Democratic nomination for president.

Aug. 28, 2008

I signed up to vote at an Eddie Vedder concert.Since moving to Missouri I've made time for work, downtown concerts, art openings and golf. I hadn't, however, found the time to register to vote.The concert marked the end of Vedder's solo tour.

Pro-choice VP candidate

Obama mudslings, tooOBAMA'S RUNNING ads criticizing McCain for talking negative toward Obama but Obama, about all he's talking about is negative things against Bush. Now, where's the fair balance? If he can talk about people, why can't somebody else? All he's trying to do is gather votes.

Missouri (let alone the U.S.) is shaping up to be a highly competitive, hard to predict political race leading up to the election Nov. 4 (11 weeks from now).Recent Missouri polls show McCain up over Obama by an average of 6 points (+11 in one instance).

The emergence of more than 20 sinkholes in South Cape has been somewhat disconcerting, causing the closing of part of South Sprigg Street to through traffic since January. Last week, the road was reopened, and the city deserves plaudits for carefully taking care of the problem.

To the editor:

The future of energy — what form it might take or where it might come from — is a hot issue in 2008. Fuel is fueling debate with idealists on both sides of the political aisle coming forward with plans.

Casino not good

For a moment Friday, I wondered if we were in for a repeat of March's floods. It made me think of the March night Rudi Keller and I were out skulking around the flood wall, waiting to see if it would be closed for the first time in five years.

Earlier this year I was doing a little spring cleaning and gave away, among other items, my Nintendo Entertainment System. That video game console was a large part of afterschool and Saturday morning entertainment during my elementary and middle school days.

The Cape Girardeau School District's alternative school found a permanent home last week, a new 16,681-square-foot, $1.57 million facility.

Be smart, wait to drink

If you can remember back to your junior high days, you may remember how tough it was.

Raise the drinking age

Husband-and-wife journalists Bob Miller and Callie Clark Miller use this space to offer their views on everyday issues. This column first appeared Aug. 28, 2005, in the Southeast Missourian.