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08.17.2008 11:32 am

Critical Mass in St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

cathedra_opt.jpgI got my start in journalism less than 10 years ago as a community contributor on STLtoday.com.

Thomas Crone was the online editor, and he invited me and a dozen or so other people active in the community to contribute periodic pieces…

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08.09.2008 9:20 am

Just one question for Rep. Roy Blunt: Tax oil?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Roy Blunt platformRep. Roy Blunt was in town Friday, and met and talked with the editorial board on many topics — such as national energy policy, the new foreign intelligence surveillance law, healthcare, presidential and vice presidential politics and what it will take…

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08.08.2008 12:57 am

When Phyllis Schlafly met Hans Von Spakovsky

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Phyllis Schlafly and Hans Von Spakovsky 08-07-08Last evening, the subject was election fraud, the locale was Cardwell’s Restaurant in Clayton, the convener was the St. Louis Chapter of the Federalist Society, the atmosphere was convivial, and the talk was … well … fierce.

Featured guests, billed…

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08.07.2008 9:45 am

Holding the line on destructive racial and religious politics in Memphis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Ugly, ugly, ugly though it is — this story about race, religion, and politics offers some redemption.

There is a primary election today for Democratic nomination in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, a Memphis district (formerly represented by Harold Ford,…

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08.06.2008 5:33 pm

Just one question on ending homelessness

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Philip ManganoFederal homelessness czar Philip Mangano came to talk to us today about encouraging data — nationally and in St. Louis — which show steep reductions in the numbers of chronically homeless people on the street — reportedly down 20 percent here…

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08.05.2008 4:28 pm

Just one question for Sen. Dick Durbin

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Sen. Dick DurbinU.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) met with the editorial board this afternoon to talk about health care, politics, the Redbirds, and the summer heat.

Click below to hear just one question for Sen. Dick Durbin:

Just one question for Sen.…

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08.03.2008 1:05 pm

Map to where, and what?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Eddie’s houseThis is the house in Webster Groves where I did most of my growing up.

I captured the image on Google Maps, using the “street level” feature, which also enabled me to take a virtual walk down the middle of…

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07.31.2008 3:59 pm

Transit and regionalism: Wisdom from the East (side)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Transit SummitA big crowd was on hand for the Transit Summit held this morning at Washington University.

The program was organized by Metro and its purpose was to brief local officials on a variety of matters having to do with where…

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07.29.2008 11:11 am

Searching for political enemies … and friends

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Justice department seal cufflinksThe U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility issued their report yesterday into how politics illegally figured in the department’s hiring of civil service career employees.

An item in the report that tickled me was how this lawless…

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