Now comes David Horowitz, a self-described former leftist radical who, since middle age, developed into a one-man cottage industry who plies controversial conservative schlock as his stock in trade.
His pet causes include the fight against “political correctness” on college campuses. He…
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If all goes as planned — and the approval process seems to be well-greased — the Kiel Opera House will reopen in November 2010 with a production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
There’s some irony in that, given that…
Bishop Robert Carlson (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
Bishop Robert J. Carlson introduced himself Tuesday as the new head of Archdiocese of St. Louis.
The native Minnesotan, most recently bishop of Saginaw, Mich., took questions from the press at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Shrewsbury, showing himself…
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As if the nation weren’t facing enough crises: a deepening recession, a dysfunctional health care system, global climate change, military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, to name but a few. Now comes a warning that the nation needs…
Ping Huang, China’s consul general for the Midwest, has some encouraging words for those pushing to make Lambert Field an air freight hub for trade with China. His message: St. Louis is making progress, but we haven’t sealed the deal…
I’m standing in for Alex Mayer on this one.
Alex, of course, is the outstanding College of William & Mary student who worked with on the Post-Dispatch editorial page this summer as an undergraduate fellow.
Alex has returned to school for his senior year,…
It’s amazing how American business, which sings the praises of competition, so often tries to escape market competition when it comes to its own products.
The latest example is the boom in “minimum pricing” agreements between manufacturers and retailers. Under minimum pricing,…
Gas prices are up, a lot. Housing prices are down, a lot. Jobs are disappearing. The American auto industry is on its knees, and 2,400 Chrysler workers soon will lose their jobs in Fenton.
No wonder America is in a funk.…
The St. Louis University Law Journal has published a fine tribute to the late Sen. Tom Eagleton:
252 pages of eulogy, remembrance, as well as scholarly analysis of Eagleton’s careers as politician, prosecutor, lawmaker, constitutional scholar, civic playmaker, lawyer, writer, teacher and raconteur.…
