It’s crazy time again in Missouri: the opening weeks of the legislative session. This is the time of year when legislators introduce their nutso
Funerals can break gridlock
If I hadn’t been watching Jon Stewart to catch up on some outlier news, I would not have known that Republican John McCain and
This is what no-lobbying-limits looks like
What would happen if a state lifted all limits on lobbying gifts and campaign contributions? Ask Missouri. It’s the only state that imposes no
Claire McCaskill’s doomed love affair with Keystone XL
Today Claire McCaskill did it. She voted with all Senate Republicans and nine Senate Democrats to pass the House’s Keystone XL authorization. Of course,
What if the President spoke to us as if he was on “The Wire?”
I’ve spoken with several people who just could not watch President Obama’s State of the Union speech. These are Obama supporters, but for various
Modernized, socially conscious “Cinderella” is still a fairy tale
A friend and I went to see the Rodgers and Hammerstein rendition of “Cinderella” at the Fox Theater in St. Louis yesterday. I don’t
“Guns ‘n’ Hoses” needs a name change
At the risk of being labeled a wet blanket, I’d like to lodge a complaint against Gun ‘n’ Hoses. The event is an evening
Ad says rifles are a girl’s best friend
Where is Don Draper when we need him? Draper, of course, is the iconic 1960s advertising executive who stars in the hit TV series,
America’s role in spawning terror
I suspect that most Americans don’t realize how much we are responsible for the acts of terror being committed in European countries. I know
Sharyl Attkisson book measures Obama and U.S. against a false standard
In a recent Occasional Planet post, Susan Cunningham writes: “We can blame the NRA all we want, but the enemy, as Pogo said, is