I 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…

Rep. 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…

Last 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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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,…

Federal 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…

U.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.…

This 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…

A 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…

The 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…