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Somebody needs to tell Gov. Mike Parson to put his helmet back on. Our good old boy from Bolivar, Missouri, has obviously been taking some pretty good hits to the noggin’ lately.
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Kirkwood’s Claire McCaskill may be retired from the U.S. Senate, but she’s hardly checked out from politics. Last week she unleashed some sharp cable TV commentary aimed at Gov. Mike Parson fo…
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Most of us have friends and relatives who swear by some very outlandish conspiracy theories. Some believe in a Deep State and in the QAnon beliefs that Congress is controlled by Satanist sex-t…
Back in the pre-pandemic days when students met in classrooms, I used to teach a media law class in the Sverdrup Center at Webster University. After every class, I would pass by a wall photo o…
President Trump said last week that George Floyd was looking down from heaven and smiling over a rebounding economy. The self-described “cheerleader-in-chief” said the pandemic crisis is reced…
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Everyone has a little something to gripe about after the state legislature closed its abbreviated session on May 15. The COVID-19 crisis took a six-week chunk out of the 2020 session.
"I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I’m cracking a safe.” Several readers sent this piece of humor to us about a month ago. Unfortunately, it’s…
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The word “global” used to have a certain cachet. There was prestige in visiting or studying in world capitals: London, Vienna, Singapore or Beijing.
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on all the events and environmental meetings scheduled for Spring 2020. Earth Day in Forest Park has gone virtual. The annual Sustainable Backyard To…
State Rep. Deb Lavender, D-Kirkwood, is among a growing chorus of state and national politicians calling for a vote-by-mail option for our democracy. She says exercising the right to vote shou…
On a hike in the age of pandemic this past weekend, an acquaintance noted how the sky has not been this blue since the week after 9/11. There is minimal air traffic, so the skies get a breathe…
I saw the “Six Degrees of Separation” play several years ago at the Repertory Theatre on the campus of Webster University. I must admit the details of that performance have not stuck with me, …
Funky Winkerbean’s cartoon creator, Tom Batiuk, is on a roll about squirrels. Hundreds of readers sent me his comic strips on squirrels. Actually, more than hundreds – enough people to fill…
It almost got by me. I almost did not remember: Feb. 7, 2008.
I like a good bumper sticker and, “Fur Crying Out Loud,” is very effective. It is a statement against cruelty to animals and the message stays with you.