The movement in our country to defund public education and shift tax money to private and/or religious schools is not going away. Five years ago,
Category: Missouri region
A rural-Missouri progressive reflects on 2012 voters & victories
Like you, I’m still digesting the 2012 election results and trying to make sense of what happened. I worked at a polling station out
Make an informed decision on the retention of Missouri judges
by Megan O’Neill As advertisements and election coverage intensifies in the final week of campaigning, one type of candidate will not grace the television
A rape survivor tells her story. Think about it when you vote.
“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” U.S. Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). “If
GOTV for Claire McCaskill: Scenes from the [strangely numbered] streets of suburbia
I’m knocking on doors for Claire McCaskill’s GOTV effort, in suburban St. Louis [an impressively well-organized and energetic effort, I must say], and here
When a museum forgets that it’s a museum
It’s disappointing that those who are in charge at the Missouri History Museum seem to have forgotten an important rule when it comes to
Lessons learned by a clipboard-carrying, voter registration volunteer
The deadline for voter registration has come and gone in my state. But the memories linger on. Carrying a clipboard stocked with the 19th-century
Missouri’s Wentzville school district sets anti-bully example
My pre-teen son is no stranger to bullying, so I was pleased to read the most recent news out of our Wentzville school. Fortunately,
Akin faces ethics complaints
The Missouri Senate race between Todd Akin (R) and Claire McCaskill (D) continues to make news with ever more astonishing statements from Akin, followed
I ran against Todd Akin in 2010
It was 10 am on March 31, 2010, the filing deadline in Missouri to run for Congress. My wife and I kept looking at