Local history may be about to repeat itself in suburban St. Louis, as another well-established African-American neighborhood faces extinction by buyout, demolition and commercial
Category: Government
American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?
I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today, and I’m wondering: Does this thing yield anything useful, and do I
What’s wrong with this picture?
Well, yes, it’s not the clearest photo of all time, but that’s because it’s taken from a television screen. But if you wanted a
Leaders Who Lie: The Sorting Hat
President Trump began his Presidency by falsely asserting that his Inaugural crowd was larger than Obama’s, a claim easily refuted by comparing aerial photographs
Tom Steyer: The Fresh Air of Politics without Begging for Money
One of the refreshing things about going to Tom Steyer’s “Need to Impeach” web site is that there is no “DONATE” button. He wants
Next: Republican Meanness in an Infrastructure Bill
The House has passed a tax bill that is disproportionately kind to the wealthy; the Senate is about to do the same and then
We need more “good guys” without guns
Those who favor gun rights and oppose gun control like to divide people into two categories, the “good guys” and the “bad guys.” Looking
What we don’t say about the Gold Stars
If we needed to be re-awakened, the PBS Series “The Vietnam War” reminded us that men and women who served in Vietnam were certainly
A review of “October: The Story of the Russian Revolution”, by China Mieville
Centennials don’t have much objective relevance, but they are marked nonetheless. It shouldn’t surprise, then, that everyone from The New York Times to Alex
A few thoughts on the word ‘work’
There are few words in the English language that lend themselves more to disparate interpretations than ‘work.’ It’s been on my radar recently, first