06.09.2009 6:16 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The widow of the man we executed on May 20th made some profound points in her editorial. Dennis Skillicorn was, undoubtedly, responsible for his part in some awful crimes even though he never actually killed anyone. He had 14 years…
06.09.2009 6:15 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Last week the paper ran an op-ed by Ellen Goodman titled “The myth of the lone shooter” about the inexcusable murder of abortionist, Dr. George Tiller. In her piece, Ms. Goodman asks PRO-LIFE supporters to denounce this killing.
I do.
Now do…
05.21.2009 6:10 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As Missourians settle back into another beautiful spring day, we will quickly forget that this week, in our name, the State of Missouri executed someone. The arguments regarding the death penalty will ping pong back and forth until the next…
05.13.2009 5:57 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thank you for your excellent article about Dennis Skillicorn. This is a man who deserves clemency. He deserves another chance, in my opinion also.
His good works while in prison, his lack of presence or knowledge of the crime that was…
02.17.2009 4:58 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Two letters in the paper Monday, one after the other, that highlighted for me how wrong headed Americans can be when it comes to crime. The writer of the first letter related the rise in crime in the city, especially…
08.13.2008 3:21 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When I read in the Post Dispatch that the Missouri Department of Corrections has scheduled the August 27th execution of a man in the name of the State of Missouri (that’s me), I experienced a sharp pain in my stomach.
Executing…
07.24.2008 4:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Well, the Post-Dispatch’s Obamamessiah goes to Iraq and low and behold no one is dying over there any more - I guess. I opened the Post-Dispatch front page to see the “U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq War” graph that has been…
07.03.2008 12:32 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tuesday night was an exciting night in Granite City, IL. A man who was wanted for the suspected recent killings of several people in Illinois and Missouri was apprehended outside of a popular bar there. This was a good thing. …