| | Editorials | | | | | Friday, September 05 | | Views By JOE SULLIVAN You’d be surprised how often Friday comes around. Sure, it’s once a week for you. But for me, every day is “You better think of something for Friday’s column, buster.” Let me show you how a column gets done. Please pay attention. As I am writing this, it is about 1 p.m. on Thursday. I’ve just ha ... [Read full story] | | Viewpoint By HEIDI HALL We get all manner of news releases over our newsroom fax machine, many of them merely advertisements disguised as news. But the fax from J.C. Penney’s Manhattan public relations agency — asking the Southeast Missourian to put the chain’s Nationwide Bra Fit Event on our calendar — had something the ... [Read full story] | | Rust Commentary By GARY RUST Some people think they can predict what will happen in elections. But consider the following: In 1992, everyone thought incumbent President Bush was unbeatable in view of the U.S. victory in Kuwait and his 70 percent-plus poll ratings of approval. So the more familiar and experienced candidates ... [Read full story] | | | |