President Obama is about to deliver on one of his promises, as his administration ends the military policy known as “stop-loss” next month [March
Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
Vexation about DC representation
One of the new Republican Congressional majority’s first moves in January 2011 was a smack-down of the 600,000 residents of Washington DC. On the
De-funding imagination: a bad economic move
The biggest losers in the Congressional race to be the biggest spending-cutter could be imagination, creativity and ingenuity—elements that are essential to economic recovery
Roots Action wants Spain to prosecute the “Bush Six”
Spanish courts are considering prosecuting six of George W. Bush’s lawyers under international law. Roots Action, the activist group recently launched by Daniel Ellsberg
Track your Representatives and Senators via Megavote
Congress.org is touting a new email alert and newsletter service called Megavote. By submitting your email address and other info, you get: • A
A states’-rights assault on healthcare reform
Just as healthcare consumers are beginning to see and like the benefits of the healthcare reform act, Republicans have launched yet another attack designed
Momma, don’t take my healthcare reform away
What would healthcare consumers have to give up if Republicans succeed in undermining the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA], or if the
Turning up the heat on Missouri politicians: Sean Soendker Nicholson
Sean Soendker Nicholson has run the widely read Fired Up! Missouri blog since March 2009. With a national following in the thousands, Fired Up!
Patch: Good news for neighborhoods, or local-news poacher?
When a school district repurposes a building, or a sandwich shop takes the political pulse of its neighborhood, is it news? Sure, especially
Can St. Louis get its groove back?
2011 is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, an era in which St. Louis had grandiose ideas for itself. A