News travels fast in the age of cyberspace. My mother passed away about 4 a.m. this past Sunday. The sun had only been up a couple of hours – and I was receiving condolence emails and texts. H…
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has been busy signing bills and vetoing bills sent to his desk from the state legislature. With the stroke of his pen, he has made some folks happy, others not so happy.
After three major floods in four years, a lot of Missourians living in flood plains are throwing in the towel — and a very wet one at that. They also have become believers in climate change, b…
We are living in a polarized nation. And it’s not just our politics. The strife and division extend to our squirrels: Are squirrels our friends – or our foes?
This column was originally going to be all about the “flag, motherhood and apple pie.” The internet dictionary, known as Wiktionary, says the apple pie phrase is a euphemism for “beyond contro…
Father’s Day weekend is nigh and it’s time to think about what being a father is all about. On Sunday, I will be downing Busch Bavarians, chomping on brats and dogs from the gas grill, and rec…
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey packed the house with baby boomers at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre last week. The “boys” of The Who were backed up by an orchestra, which made the renditi…
A year ago I began getting phone calls and emails about Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in disgrace for various categories of corruption – some of which have been hidden from us to this day.
Missouri legislators say we made a big mistake when we passed Amendment 1 last fall. What the heck were we thinking when we voted for tougher ethics laws, more transparency in government and m…
Ahh, spring! Easter lilies come to life. Forsythia flourishes. Daffodils disseminate. As tulips bud, sunlight sticks around longer. Even some post offices stay open longer on a mid-April day.
I have a friend who left Kirkwood for the joys of nature and rural Missouri. However, he now says he lives too close to the noise in Jefferson City. What he hears coming out from under the sta…
Earlier this month, on March 8, we celebrated International Women’s Day. It’s said to be especially significant this year because of the sheer number of women who have decided to run for Unite…
My itinerant friend, Mike Dodd of Webster Groves, just sent me a screed puncturing all the myths about the Irish and the Old Sod. He has the chops to do this – his clan is Celtic and his relat…
Doctors never get used to putting bodies and minds back together after the carnage of gun violence. That may explain angry responses to a tweet from the NRA aimed at their profession: “Someone…
My son, Brandon, is sports editor for the Warrenton County Record. He was telling me recently about how excited the Warrenton High School athletes are that their school district is going to a …
