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Sen. Roy Blunt/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMissourians should brace for what could be a nasty political season now that veteran U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt has decided not to run for re-election.Missouri Western State University political science professor Edwin Taylor speculates the increasingly bitter tone of politics might have been a big factor in Blunt's decision."Politics in Washington is exhausting now and I think there are lots of people who are finding that they get less and less joy out of public service as elected officials, because of just how hostile thin...

>> guest: for a lot of reasons. partly i have three children and i was appalled by the books they had in school. i was also a newspaper reporter and i was asked to cover a meeting -- i was writing for the virginian pilot so i was asked to cover a meeting in richmond and the state school board looked at textbooks. they actually looked at english textbooks and the textbook most used in virginia at the time have romeo and juliet, a very good choice. but the publisher changed shakespeare's words. wherever shakespeare -- i know, it is astonishing -- difficult or arcane word, the publisher...