www.obama-weather.com
With Republican gains in Tuesday’s off-year elections, President Barack Obama doesn’t need a weatherman to tell him which way the winds are blowing. Luckily the president is now his own weatherman.
Just type www.obama-weather.com into your browser and up pops an avatar…
Postcard from Mound City/Dan Martin
Some years ago, when the city of Clayton banned the use of plastic chairs and tables at outside restaurants (the mayor said they were “scraggly”) we thought city officials were being a tad snooty.
But now comes…
This week’s Missouri “Genius in Marketing” award goes to Mark Muller, president of Max Motors in Butler, 60 miles south of Kansas City in Bates County. He could have offered a $400 rebate to anyone buying a new Ford, Dodge…
Maybe they'd like a shower curtain, too.
Maybe you’ve said it yourself, looking out a window as rain pours down: “Great day for ducks.” Now, scientists in Great Britain have spent £300,000 (about $471,000) proving that yes, ducks actually enjoy a nice…
In the latest validation of “Is this a great country, or what?” comes word that the family of Bob Marley, the Jamaican musician and poster child for two generation of marijuana smokers, has struck a licensing deal with a New…
We haven’t checked with the state archives on this, but Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon may have set a new record for shortest interval between inauguration and flap.
Less than 24 hours after taking the oath of office on Monday, Mr. Nixon…
Bacon-chocolate bar: Legal. Yellow margarine: not legal.
With all the myriad problems facing the state of Missouri, it’s a relief to learn that at least one of them is easy to fix: the law against yellow margarine, canola spread and other forms…
Pastor Ed Young Jr.
In the beginning (last February) Pastor Paul Wirth of the Relevant Church of Ybor City, Fla., created the “30-Day Sex Challenge.”
Lo, did Pastor Wirth challenge husbands and wives in his flock to have sex for 30 days in…
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EFF CITY: TILE TOWN
People who want to buy a piece of state government ordinarily use a lobbyist. But for a limited time, they can get a chunk o’ Missouri on eBay, the online auction site.
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt and his…
NO NUDE
IS GOOD NUDE
Lest you think that the Iraq war, the economy and high gas prices are the only subjects on the political agenda, consider the plank that Robert Hurt, a delegate to the Texas Republican Party’s platform committee, wanted…
THICKBURGERS AS
HEALTH FOOD
Once upon a time, kiddies, there was no such thing as a 1,420-calorie, 107-fat-gram fast-food hamburger. You couldn’t get a 900-calorie breakfast burrito.
Then came the Hardee’s restaurant chain, originator of what’s been dubbed “fast-food porn,” and the “heart…
VIVA VIAGRA
You can’t accuse Republican gubernatorial candidates Sarah Steelman and Kenny Hulshof of dodging the tough issues in their primary campaign: They’re attacking each other over who is weaker on Viagra.
Ms. Steelman, the state treasurer, is running a television ad…
