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Bob Archibald
Skinker
Aired July 02, 2009
An out of town friend asked me for directions to the Missouri History Museum. It all went well until the turn on to Skinker.
“You have a street named after a lizard trap?” he wondered.
Sandy MacLean
Missouri State Employees Retirement System Controversy
Aired June 26, 2009
It is hard to understand how the MOSERS board of directors could award bonuses in a year when the retirement fund declined in value by nearly 24%, many state employees were laid off, state employees’ salaries were frozen, and education and social services budgets have suffered severe cut- backs. Arguments that Missouri’s pension funds have done better than similar funds during this period and that we need to keep our valuable fund managers and staff members are short-sighted.
Terry Jones
Midwest High Speed Rail Closer to Reality
Aired June 24, 2009
Have you ridden a high-speed train in Europe? Most of us who made these trips have thought wistfully — wouldn’t it be great if you could do this in the United States, especially somewhere outside the Northeast Corridor? But reality quickly returns. It is not going to happen in America, we remind ourselves.
But the times might be changing.
Anna Navarro
New Careers Likely to Come from Who You Are, Not Who You Were
Aired June 22, 2009
Trying to find a job in a shrinking field can be very difficult. Sometimes a better solution is to launch a new career based on your unique strengths and personal preferences rather than your past occupation.
