Eddie Roth writes about education, social justice, public safety, transportation, legal affairs and historic preservation. He joined the Post-Dispatch editorial page in 2008 after six years as an editorial writer with the Dayton Daily News. But he is not new to St. Louis. Eddie grew up in Webster Groves and south St. Louis County. He's a lawyer who for many years practiced with a downtown firm, and was active in civic affairs, including serving a term on the St. Louis Police Board. He and his wife, Jeanne, and their three daughters, Emily, Julia and Alice, live in the Shaw Neighborhood. When it comes to community organizing, he endorses Quentin Crisp's advice: Rather than keeping up with the Joneses, it's better to pull them down to your level.

1. Sumner High's future depends on whether it can match its past
2. Radical concept: Know what you're paying for in health care
3. Jay Nixon promised health care for kids. It's time to deliver.
4. St. Louis philanthropies can have major impact on 2010 census
5. Obama on Afghanistan: Careful, inspirational...and wrong.
6. An enduring tragedy: Drunk driving in Missouri
7. ACLU proves critics can roll up sleeves, retain independence
8. Missouri pension fund reform, or merely the illusion?
9. Something new to worry about: Your doctor's tie.
10. To protect the American health care system, reform it.

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