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 …
We hosted some family get-togethers over the holidays. They were relatively peaceful. We had a few rules. Anyone who broke the ban on political talk had to take a mandatory timeout in either t…
It’s time to seize the day and build the wall. Not the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for at our southern border, but a wall to stop invading Asian Carp from traveling up our Mississippi…
What were the most important events in Year 2018? This is the Times’ “Year In Review” edition, when this newspaper grapples with the dilemma of deciding what were the most important issues or …
