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Patrick Ishmael is a Kansas City native and St. Louis expat, living in Liberty, Missouri.

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With Bombs and With Ballots, Terrorism Wins One

With Bombs and With Ballots, Terrorism Wins One

Almost a week after being attacked, Madrid remains as shellshocked as it was last Thursday.

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The Missouri Influencer Series

The Missouri Influencer Series

The Kansas City Star is launching a solutions-focused conversation about some of the most urgent issues facin…

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Want to know how your taxes are spent? Good luck. - St. Louis Business Journal

Want to know how your taxes are spent? Good luck. - St. Louis Business Journal

"If you spend taxpayer money, you should be able to account for it. If you can't, that's a problem."

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Make Local Government Great Again

Make Local Government Great Again

Mandatory Transparency in State and Local Spending Is Good Government. Is DOGE the Key to This Enduring Refor…

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Civil Rights Impact of Curricula Prohibitions in Missouri

Civil Rights Impact of Curricula Prohibitions in Missouri

The Committee invites you to discuss the issue of a state’s prohibition on race and race-based curricula. You…

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A new batch of treats from Midwest Voices - 2005

A new batch of treats from Midwest Voices - 2005

In 2002, The Star launched a new feature on its Opinion pages: a 10-person panel of Midwest Voices. We were l…

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Despite Missouri's Effort to Keep Them, Kansas City Chiefs Moving to Kansas Anyway

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By Patrick Ishmael
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This week the Kansas City Chiefs decided to do the unthinkable — they decided to move to Kansas City. The other Kansas City, that is, 20 miles away. At the other I-435/I-70 intersection. I mean the intersection in Kansas, not the one in Missouri, where the Chiefs have been for over half a century. If this is confusing to non-residents, that’s understandable. It confuses just about everybody. Middle America Matters is a reader-supported publication.
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Make Local Government Great Again

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By Patrick Ishmael
| Substack
The old saw that “sunlight is the best disinfectant” hints that if the public knew what government was doing in private, that the government wouldn’t (generally) do it at all.
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The Troubling Dohrnification of the White, Woke Left

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By Patrick Ishmael
| Substack
A presidential election. Assassination attempts. Foreign war. A disillusioned activist Left. A Republican replacing a defrocked Democrat incumbent. 2024? Yes. 1968? Also, yes. It’s a parallel worth reflecting on following the murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth, earlier this month. The murder was notable for the obvious reasons; a videotaped gunning-down of a corporate executive is not something you see every day.
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