its time for missouris rightwingers to leave the nineteenth century behind it is time for all missourians indeed time for all americans to start building a more just and equitable world one free of institutional racism and yawning racial disparities lets stop whistling dixie missouris toxic political culture must change my dear readers denial is not a river in egypt what will it take to wake up or have we allowed ourselves to be so disempowered that we have thrown in the towel if so is self destruction imminent i would hope not where do we come from