Just a few hours before convicted serial murderer Joseph Paul Franklin was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 19, 2013, two
Category: Missouri region
Dems: Stop being “disappointed” and defensive
This is Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s response to Republican state legislators who tried to trap him into a public embarrassment regarding Medicaid expansion. …That
Educational data, for the most part, is worthless
At a time when we are spending more and more taxpayers’ money on standardized tests and technology to enable us to take those standardized
The sad saga of Missouri’s “Free to Pollute” bill
Polluting businesses use their money and influence to pass terrible legislation that goes against the interest of Missourians. Few bills demonstrate this fact more
Homeless [and powerless] in St. Louis: A problem without borders
I sat in a barely comfortable chair yesterday for three hours listening to men in suits debate whether a homeless shelter in St. Louis
Well-insured lieutenant governor tells uninsured peons to snub Obamacare
In a shameful display of partisan politics and hard-heartedness, Missouri’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder has publicly urged uninsured citizens to forego the opportunity
Blue voices in a red room: Notes from an Obamacare “informational” town hall
What could be better on Constitution Day than a traditional American town meeting? What a perfect way to celebrate the document that is a
MO hurries up death sentences before death drugs die: Insane
The very existence of the death penalty in American law is troublesome, to say the least. But, to make matters worse, the 32 U.S.
Asparagus disparity: Mountain, molehill or symbol of racial inequality?
In the national response to the Zimmerman trial, at rallies across the country, we hear from the bullhorns the outrage over police profiling minorities
Awed by the public library
As bankruptcy predators began salivating over publicly owned treasures in Detroit–namely, the assets of the Detroit Institute of Art–I was visiting the newly renovated,