If you a) had a time machine and b) chose to go back to Missouri circa 1820 instead of chilling at a Roman feast, you'd probably hear the following sentiment: What's the point in being a part of th...

This may come as a surprise, but for the most part powerful governments really, really, really don't like giving up their power.Missouri in many ways was a gut check on whether the federal governme...

From the time you first start learning about U.S. government right on up to the highest levels of education, people never shut up about checks and balances. That's probably because they are kind of...