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On Fox, Ferguson is a media sport and a blood sport

March 11, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Ferguson, Guns, Legal issues/Law, Media, Violence Leave a comment

They had to do it; they just had to do it. They had to gloat about the findings of the Justice Department’s Report on

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Republicans’ letter to Iran: Indefensible

March 10, 2015 Steve Sorkin Foreign Policy, Republicans Leave a comment

Are there no Republican leaders with a sense of decency anymore? Any of them who respect the office of the President, even if they

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MO Supreme Court closes Ferguson’s kangaroo court: Who’s next?

March 9, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Civil Rights, Courts, Missouri region, Police Leave a comment

As many people around the country have recently learned, if you want a fair shake, don’t get ensnared in the legal system of Ferguson,

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Holder’s Justice Department Report offers credibility on Ferguson

March 9, 2015 Arthur Lieber Activism, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Ferguson, Guns, Police, Violence Leave a comment

From the moment that Michael Brown was gunned down by Officer Darren Wilson, it’s been virtually impossible to get credible and reliable information about

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Peso pinching in Colombia

March 8, 2015 Christopher Burke Cities, International Leave a comment

A penny is a penny is a penny. Or in this case, as we are in Colombia, a peso is a peso is a

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Putin and Obama opposite world views

Washington’s Putin-did-it conspiracy theory and its escalation of the crisis in Ukraine

March 7, 2015 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Government, Media, Uncategorized, War Leave a comment

I am frightened, saddened and angered by the war propaganda published in the US media, particularly the New York Times, the so-called “paper of

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Missouri State Auditor’s suicide: The gun

March 6, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Media, Missouri region, Widgets: Guns Leave a comment

The sad details surrounding the suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich continue to emerge. But something is missing in the reporting: the gun

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Wisconsin shows how difficult it is to hold on to progressive gains

March 4, 2015 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, History, Labor and unions, Religion in Politics, States One comment

Robert Lafollette, Jr. and Joseph McCarthy. Russ Feingold and Scott Walker. How could one state–Wisconsin–elect politicians with such divergent views? No state east of

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Let the feds be tax collectors for all

March 2, 2015 Arthur Lieber Business, Federalism, Good government, Infrastructure, Missouri region, Taxes 3 comments

In the next few years, two of the biggest potential economic developments in the St. Louis metropolitan area may be a new stadium for

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MO State Auditor’s suicide: the anti-Semitism connection

February 27, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Republicans, States, Uncategorized Leave a comment

In the aftermath of the tragic suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, we all are wondering what could have caused him to do

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