Each Thursday on the PBS NewsHour, plain-speaking economist Paul Salmon explains difficult issues in his “Making Sen$e” segment. This past week he focused on
Category: Cities
Tribalism in baseball and politics: World Series edition
The Chicago Cubs are in the 2016 World Series. Good for them. They’re a great team. So, why am I so bitter and resentful?
St. Louis is the Number 1 city for liberals? Probably not.
A new report by Livability.com calls St. Louis the Number 1 city for liberals. And while as a St. Louis resident and a liberal
“Where to Invade Next:” Notes and thoughts on Michael Moore’s movie
Should I recommend Michael Moore’s 2016 movie,” Where to Invade Next”? On the plus side, there are some really good jokes. The biggest laugh
How the federal government may not be serving St. Louis well
One of the challenges that progressives frequently face is that they like to be sticklers for facts, at least wherever possible. And since a
STL landfill fire nears collision with radioactive waste: What’s next?
What happens when a landfill fire meets a radioactive waste dump? St. Louis, Missouri, may be the first metropolitan area to find out. In
Trash/recycling pickup on MLK Day: Ironic & wrong
On Martin Luther King Day this year [2016], I was surprised to see the trash and recycling trucks clanking down my street in suburban
Life will be harder to understand without the Rams
Like many people, I have mixed feelings about the Rams leaving St. Louis for Los Angeles. In some ways, they parallel the mixed feelings
The NFL’s abusive relationship with cities and fans: St. Louis edition
Stan Kroenke’s recent verbal abuse of St. Louis may, at long last, have awakened this town to the sick relationship it has had with
Democracy watch, Nov. 2015: Two steps forward [ME, WA], one huge step back [NJ]
This November, people who care about enhancing democratic principles have a few things to feel good about. But, in the toxic political environment that