05.28.2008 5:49 pm

English: Just another ‘piece of technology’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Oxford English Dictionary From the Freakonomics gang, a conversation about what globalization will do to language, including this observation:

English is a tool, just like a piece of technology. Much of the world’s economy is tied up in English-speaking countries and for that reason,…

5 minutes with Bob Kerrey

By Eddie Roth

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

These are excerpts from Bob Kerrey’s visit to the editorial board on Friday (May 9). Presented are thoughts from the former governor and U.S. Senator from Nebraska (now president of The New School) on these…

The shoe fits

By Editorial Board

In 1878, George Warren Brown bet his life savings that a man could get rich making shoes in St. Louis. With two partners and $12,000, he went into business. He was right.

By 1913, the Brown Shoe Co. employed 5,000 people making $10…

English: Just another ‘piece of technology’

5 minutes with Bob Kerrey

The shoe fits

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