Bob McCarty Writes

President Harry Truman once wished for a “one-handed economist,” because he tired of hearing advisors giving him answers that were framed as “on the one hand, this” and “on the other hand, that.”  We are seeing something like that right now in a White House fretting over the prospect of rising energy and food prices [...]

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On Nov. 21, I was interviewed by John Vandiver, a Stuttgart-based reporter for Stars and Stripes, the newspaper published continuously since 1942 for members of the U.S. military community in Europe. The subject of the interview was my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice, which chronicles [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The 2012 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been characterized by its miscues and blunders.  One might say it is because of the number of candidates, the length of the campaign, and the intensity of the news coverage, but that would be too simple an answer.  I would [...]

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Today at Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom, Missouri blogger Clay Bowler published an extremely positive review of my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice. An excerpt of his review appears below: Once you pick up Three Days in August, you are going to have a hard to [...]

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Imagine my surprise when I awoke this morning to find the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had finally published something about the latest Weldon Spring Cancer Report, issued stealthily by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services late last year, but failed to give credit where credit is due — to me! On Jan. 23, I [...]

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Make sure you listen to “The Mark Reardon Show” on KMOX radio today at 3 p.m. Central to hear my interview with host Mark Reardon about my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice. Also, make sure you stop by Main Street Books Saturday afternoon, 1 to [...]

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Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies today released a new issue ad on statewide radio targeting Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) for “following the president over a cliff” to support a number of his policies which hurt Missourians.  The ad specifically highlights her recent support of President Barack Obama’s decision to have the government control what services must [...]

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