Two of my colleagues pointed out a terrific discussion underway on one of his stories from last week, “Declining school enrollment prompts action.” It’s a story about the University City schools and their efforts to deal with their enrollment problem. The story also addresses the administration’s surprise by the outpouring of support for a solution.

Filling 38 tables at the Barbara Jordan Elementary School, they engaged one another, as well as school officials, in wide-ranging discussions about the district’s $1.5 million budget deficit, the physical condition of buildings and issues normally the domain of professional educators, such as best practices…

Michelle Obama is speaking at the Democratic National Convention right now, talking about her love for her husband, her daughters, her family. The AP said her job was to show Barack Obama’s personal side.

The media has written at length about Obama as the product of an interracial marriage, how he grew up without a father, how he took a job as a community organizer in Chicago. We’ve heard about his efforts to quit smoking. But on Monday night, we heard his wife’s take on why her husband is the kind of man who should lead our nation. She spoke…

The Democratic National Convention begins today in Denver and this year, the gathering will also serve as a showcase for new leaders of the party’s statewide organization in Missouri and Illinois.

In Sunday’s story by political correspondents Jo Mannies and Kevin McDermott,  we learn that while many of each state’s old-guard Democratic powerhouses will fade, the next generation of leaders will “claim the spotlight.”

Among that new generation is U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan and his sister, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, all from Missouri, and from Illinois, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Lisa Madigan, Dan Haynes and…

I wasn’t aware of the text message the text message hadn’t arrived by the time your friendly TOTD scribe sat down to write this. But the New York Times, AP and CNN say that Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware has been tapped by Barack Obama to be his running mate.

Oh, and did I mention it’s on Obama’s web site, too?

Here’s what the AP story says about it.

Biden, 65, has twice sought the White House, and is a Catholic with blue-collar roots, a generally liberal voting record and a reputation as a long-winded orator.

Across more than 30 years in…

Stories about the security crackdown at Metrolink stations — particularly in the Delmar Loop — have been hot topics for debate in the cyberworld.

The Post-Dispatch wrote about the topic on Aug. 10 with a story headlined “Police establish heavy presence around Delmar Loop MetroLink station.” That story currently has 28 comments on it.

We’ve also done a Talk of the Day on the subject over here that, as I write this, has 91 comments on it.

They’re also going to town on the subject on the RFT’s story headlined (in part), “Is MetroLink a vehicle for crime?” So far, 25…