This is a tough time for everybody, including sports fans. A few weeks ago, the President was calling coronavirus a nothing burger, and now it’s a national emergency. The U.S. is literally shu…
The dust has hardly settled. Maybe it will never settle, but I for one want to publicly thank U.S. Rep. Lacey Clay for his vote to authorize the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald J.…
In Delaware, it’s illegal to shave cats and sell their fur. In Alaska, it’s illegal to get a moose drunk. In Colorado, putting a couch in a bonfire is illegal.
Not too long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had the good fortune to have a bite to eat with William H. Webster. He is the only American to have headed both the FBI and the CIA in his law…
Earlier this month, a frightening phalanx of “avowed socialists” went door-to-door in our state. They wore white coats to conceal their true colors, but you can bet their underwear was red wit…
Some of us, but clearly not enough of us, are enjoying a four-day work week this week. Labor Day gives us a needed breather: a chance to enjoy family on a last summer weekend; a chance to gear…
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.
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…
“Forty percent of American workers earn less than $15 an hour and about 5 percent of full-time American workers earn the minimum wage or less, which is certainly not a living wage. Forty perce…
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…
This week the non-profit civic group, Better Together, unveils its plan for a city-county merger. It’s being called a re-marriage proposal, after the “Great Divorce” of 1876.
Why doesn’t this city have a Literary Hall of Fame — a complete museum to the notable authors, poets, journalists, columnists and singular scribes who have spent some time here?
A common refrain and complaint in the Gateway City is that residents have turned their backs on the river. An ungrateful thing to do when one considers that St. Louis would not be here without…