09.12.2008 9:43 pm

Sunday editorial: Gov. Palin comes out

In the two weeks since Sen. John McCain of Arizona named Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, billing her as a sister “maverick,” the Alaska governor has been revealed to be something less.

Instead, she appears to be a conventional…

Tags: Bridge to Nowhere, foreign policy, John McCain, Naughty Monkey, pork barrel, Sarah Palin, Troopergate, vice president

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04.03.2008 9:00 pm

Friday editorial: Hopped up on pork

By Kevin Horrigan

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The pork-busters who work for Citizens Against Government Waste were against earmarks back in the mid-1980s, before being against earmarks was cool.

A familiar pattern emerged: The fiscal watchdog organization’s annual spring release of its “Pig Book” would result in a…

Tags: Bridge to Nowhere, Claire McCaskill, Congress, Earmarks, Gravina Island Bridge, pork barrel

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