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12.16.2008 10:00 pm

MINK column: Blagojevich and the real cost of corruption

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
AP Photo by Seth Perlman, February 2003.

AP Photo by Seth Perlman, February 2003.

I MET ROD BLAGOJEVICH just once. It was March 9, 2007. Twenty-one months later, I don’t know what to think about what I saw and experienced that day.

The Democratic governor of Illinois and several senior…

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11.03.2008 1:18 pm

Post-Dispatch endorsements: FAQs

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Endorsements: a response.

For the last month or so, the Post-Dispatch editorial board has been offering its recommendations on candidates and issues on Tuesday’s ballot. Endorsements always generate a lot of comment and that is the case again this year. Human…

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10.10.2008 9:00 pm

Sunday editorial: Barack Obama for president

Post-Dispatch photo by Robert Cohen

Post-Dispatch photo by Robert Cohen

Nine Days before the Feb. 5 presidential primaries in Missouri and Illinois, this editorial page endorsed Barack Obama and John McCain in their respective races.

We did so enthusiastically. We wrote that either Mr. Obama’s message of…

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06.20.2008 9:50 am

Point-Counterpoint: The Debate Over Drilling

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Earlier this week, I wrote a blog item about the debate over U.S. domestic oil exploration. It includes background information on the issue, including data about estimated oil reserves and U.S. production, importation and consumption.

Some politicians who have opposed expanded offshore…

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