I’ve just returned from Istanbul. I’ve wanted to go there since I saw “From Russia With Love” in 1964. It was great, and now I can cross another item off my bucket list. That list is getting s…
Bike to Work Day is May 17. The cold winter is over and the hot summer isn’t here yet, so it’s time to leave the old gas-guzzler/carbon-emitter behind and mount up. The first year you commute …
It’s time to start taking Better Together seriously.
An attempt to raise the gasoline tax having been rejected by the voters last November, State Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington) has proposed a new way to fund road repairs. His bill would change …
As usual, the Super Bowl commercials are upstaging the game. Interest is so intense that it’s burst the bounds of the game telecast. The most ambitious commercials were released weeks early on…
Columnists can’t resist making predictions, especially in January. You’ve probably read many confident assertions about when Mueller will complete his report, who’ll run in 2020, etc.
For quite a while, we’ve been hearing about young people who graduate from college, fail to find a job and move back in with their parents – Boomerang Kids. Now there’s a new trend, and it’s j…
“Anastasia” will be the holiday show at the Fox. That’s appropriate, since the real-life event that begins the story – the execution of Grand Duchess Anastasia and the rest of the Romanov fami…
Confession time. Though I was born in St. Louis, have lived most of my life here, and earnestly address local issues in this space, it is not my favorite city.
They’re talking about removing the Columbus statue from Tower Grove Park. It’s been there for 132 years. It was unveiled on Columbus Day, 1886. The speakers included Henry Shaw, who commission…
