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It’s Sunday afternoon. All is right with the world. The air is cold and clear, the sky is dotted with fluffy clouds, and the birds are dining at the bird feeder.
But that’s MY world. …
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By Robin Leach
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10/21/26
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You know the codger loves to read.
Nothing better than sitting here in the “cool” (?) autumn breeze under the River Tree with a good Sandford or Grisham, or maybe even sci-fi, if you can …
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By Jim Martin
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10/21/26
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We’ve all done stupid things. We look back on them, shake our heads, and admit to ourself, “That was stupid.”
We simply stopped thinking and jumped in oblivious to the consequences. What I …
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To the editor
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10/15/26
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You know, this past spring, the old guy took it upon himself to undertake a little building — or should I say rebuilding — project down on our pond just a stone’s throw from the River Tree.
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By Jim Martin
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10/15/26
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Farmers across Southeast and South Central Missouri have been dealing with some of the most difficult economic circumstances in a generation in recent years, which is why President Trump and House …
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By Jason Smith
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10/15/26
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Children’s Church didn’t exist when I was young.
We sat in “big church”—first on our mothers’ laps and then on our own bottoms.
Learning how to behave in church was as much a …
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By Robin Leach
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10/15/26
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On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at approximately 1:50 pm Perryville Police Department officers were detailed to the 1000 block of North Main St. in reference to a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic …
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For the Republic-Monitor
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10/15/26
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The old galoot, as the years have passed, is probably like a lot of us of a “certain” … harumph ... age — increasingly more aware of the passage of time. But in this case the clock is …
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By Jim Martin
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10/8/26
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Bedtime. I trudge to the kitchen, grab the container that holds my daily medications, and begin the ritual.
One by one, I jiggle capsules and tablets from iodine-brown translucent bottles. I …
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By Robin Leach
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10/8/26
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When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers.
With all of the enormous changes in this …
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By Benjy Hamm
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10/8/26
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There are rough months in politics.
And then there are months when you get summoned before the Missouri Supreme Court, found in contempt, sued repeatedly, accused by a former employee of …
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By Jason Hancock
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10/1/26
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A narcissist is a person with a rigid, unhealthy personality style marked by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a deep need for admiration, and also the lack of empathy for others.
Trump …
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To the Editor
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10/1/26
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It’s 9 a.m. I’ve finished Wordle, read the latest obits in the area, and scrolled through Facebook. The world outside my living room window is chugging along: cars whizzing here and there, people …
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By Robin Leach
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10/1/26
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The old guy was born in a little house on Old St. Mary’s Road a shade less than eight decades ago.
The road was graveled, dusty and rural. We had an outhouse, chickens, and — for a while — …
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By Jim Martin
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10/1/26
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Most likely, every living person who graduated from PHS and St. Vincent’s before 1960 gets a Social Security check each month and pays for part of their Medicare insurance, myself included. There …
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9/24/26
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Dear editor,
Amendment 3 is not about protecting trans kids from surgeries and medications. Missouri law already has provisions for this.
The real focus of Amendment 3 is to remove medical …
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9/24/26
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The old galoot in his burgeoning senility loves to pretend he can carry a tune.
He’ll get up in the morning and warble verses from CCR’s iconic “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”, or …
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By Jim Martin
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9/24/26
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From the first moment Popeye strode across the boards of a black-and-white pier, his blimpy forearms and clenched fists gyrating in piston motion, I was hooked.
Popeye was a balding man — …
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By Robin Leach
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9/24/26
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I believe the purpose of the “Save America Act” is to prevent poor people from voting.
I was born in Cape Girardeau and was denied a “Real I.D.” even though I had my birth certificate, a …
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9/17/26
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The thinner the skin, the thicker the armor. Remember “The Force is strong with this one?”
A similar realization crosses my mind when I discuss certain issues with Perryville MAGA people:
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9/17/26
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The old galoot’s just gotta stop looking at what passes for news these days.
What a freaking avalanche of ****.
Flock cameras, data centers, gold statues, manufactured history, AI, gas …
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By Jim Martin
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9/17/26
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September is the best month for cloud-watching. The constant blue of summer gives way to changeable vistas overhead. The sky is filled with massive white sculptures.
When I gaze toward them on …
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By Robin Leach
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9/17/26
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We have many coffee cups. They’re all capable of holding liquids. All have a handle with a hole for digits, and they are various sizes and colors.
Some have words on them: “World’s Best …
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By Robin Leach
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9/10/26
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The old dude finds himself mulling over words, apparently incendiary words this week.
Words like reform, honesty, ethics, corruption and yes, vote, among others.
Why incendiary? These days …
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By Jim Martin
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9/10/26
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Dear Editor,
Have you heard about the DC spelling bee? In Texts and emails Donald Trump Jr. has been misspelling the word “drone”, typing d-r-o-a-n. Junior corrected the error after scanning …
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To the editor
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9/3/26
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