The story from Politico broke just a couple of days ago. Two unnamed women accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior. The
10 political lessons from the 2011 World Series
I’m not a sports writer, but I am a Cardinals baseball fan and a political junkie. So, after the downs and ups of the
Evil and the garden
The other day I took a bike ride along the Riverfront Trail in St. Louis. The trail runs north from Laclede’s Landing, following the
Are states labs for experimentation–or chaos?
Republicans love to bash the federal government and assert that social and economic policy out to be developed by and implemented by the 50
Ghosts in the windows of Old North St. Louis
Ghosts appear in the storefront windows all along 14th Street in the Old North neighborhood of north St. Louis. They are, in fact, photographs.
Occupy Wall Street: a moral challenge to conservative values
On Saturday, October 15, I attended the Occupy St. Louis protest, one of the many demonstrations around the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall
Dirty is the new green
Recent tv ads are touting how green natural gas is, extolling the local production, job creation and environmental friendliness of natural gas. Of course,
Herman Cain has done what Dems couldn’t in 2008
It’s become sport to knock the leading GOP candidate de jour off his or her pedestal. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry were easy targets.
Republican tax “debate” is baloney
At the most recent Republican presidential debate [Oct. 18, 2011], Herman Cain parried all questions about his 9-9-9 tax plan by saying that his
Illinois is behind on its bills, and citizens are paying the price
The state of Illinois originally began to delay payment for services and goods as a way of dealing with budget shortfalls on a short-term