Tech Trends

It’s been a learning experience - something to chalk up technical shortcomings as I work as technical lead with a team covering the political caucus in Iowa.
We have one PC Laptop and one Mac. The PC power cord broke and left us with the Mac to depend on.
This was a bit of a challenge as […]

I grew up the son of an oil executive. Consequently, my father was also an attorney whose job it was to negotiate contracts with foreign powers. Issues involving the international struggle for light crude and natural gas infrastructure are not foreign to me.
Let’s look at Blue Girls perspective on international conflict and energy.
100 Bucks a […]

Michelle Sherwood of KSPR addresses criticism about news organizations saying:
News can be summarized in 3 words: relevance, usefulness, and interest. The role of journalism is supposed to maintain civilization and democracy.
Within the broad standards of relevance, usefulness, and interest are more specific elements to determining what makes news. Most journalists will agree, they are as […]

The LAT editors sez tiny good.

By Branson Missouri
First of all, I want to thank you for your corporations contribution to helping Missouri Citizens gain a better understanding of state politics. You’ve cultivated talent that we’ve been able to capitalize on here in Southern Missouri. Your ex-employee, Tony Messenger has done a phenomenal job of reaching out and helping our regional […]

At Branson Agent - The media intelligence service, we link to Tony’s Kansas City as our personal Mexican Caucus.
As Tony addresses racial issues in Kansas City with great courage we think it’s important to point out that Mexico’s internal racial issues are far more radical than anything in the United States. While racial prejudice is […]

The Judicial Branch remains the most elusive part of our government evading the grips of even the most astute journalists.
While Governor Matt Blunt opened debate on the Missouri Plan, few looked into the assertions Blunt was making utilizing the same tools journalists would use to analyze a politicians position.
For Southwest Missouri News Bloggers, evaluating and […]

They say actions speak louder than words and Springfield is screaming with both stating. “Branson is Unimportant.”
Branson is growing and has contributed greatly to the regional economy, but you wouldn’t know it from the actions Springfield business owners have made to alienate Branson.’
Two major hits leave Branson without adequate medical care and the closing of […]

The First Amendment Center is releasing a series on where presidential candidates stand as it relates to freedom of speech.
As Missouri Republicans, with Governor Matt Blunt leading the charge, attack the judicial system on grounds they’ve violated the sunshine law - a promise to reform Missouri’s sunshine laws away from the cloud of secrecy.
Missouri […]

As if stealing information from bloggers wasn’t enough Lewis disappoints and disgusts us today with his editorial in which he states “Web users should give up anonymity to get respect. Enter the strawman.
Who throughout history has used anonymity? Bank robbers. Executioners. Members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Voters.
Lewis leaves out a fundamental […]