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03.03.2009 9:00 pm

Delay, Whine, Obfuscate and Blather close the e-mail saga

Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist R.J. Matson on the sliming of Scott Eckersley.

The Post-Dispatch's R.J. Matson paid homage to Charles Addams in a Halloween, 2007, cartoon about the sliming of Scott Eckersley.

And so the great Matt Blunt-Ed Martin-Henry Herschel e-mail saga ends not with a bang, but with a whimper.

Two state-appointed investigators…

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11.17.2008 9:01 pm

Democracy under assault by Missouri governor’s office

Boxes of documents from the governor's office are wheeled into the Post-Dispatch.

Boxes of documents are wheeled into the Post-Dispatch

In 1993, former Attorney General William Webster pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally using state workers and state computers in a political campaign. He was disbarred and served nearly 21 months in…

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11.11.2008 9:01 pm

Blunt’s running out the clock on the e-mail mess

Scott Eckersley, left, and Gov. Matt Blunt

Scott Eckersley, left, and Gov. Matt Blunt

Since Missouri courts don’t have a shot clock, it’s becoming increasingly likely that Gov. Matt Blunt will leave office Jan. 12 without having to account for trashing the reputation of Scott Eckersley, his former…

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08.22.2008 1:41 am

Charm on the campaign trail

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A link to this piece of loveliness was sent to me by a former colleague in Dayton, telling me it is being aired in Ohio, with a note that a St. Louisan appears to be…

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04.16.2008 9:01 pm

Thursday editorial: Absolute hogwash

The impediment that an absolute, unqualified privilege would place in the way of primary constitutional duty of the Judicial Branch to do justice in criminal prosecutions would plainly conflict with the function of the courts under Art. III.

— United States…

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04.04.2008 9:00 pm

Sunday editorial: Turn out the lights

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jeff Davis helped engineer a deal that resulted in a blatantly anti-consumer utility law in 2005.

He helped write the rules that dictate how the law can be used to fatten utility company bottom lines.

And when one of those utilities files a…

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