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10.23.2009 10:00 am

Akin breakin’ hip

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin

What is it about Canadian hips that so fascinates Missouri Republican Congressmen?

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Town and Country, took to the House floor to repeat a claim we first debunked more than two months ago about the…

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08.06.2009 11:47 am

Town hall invocation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There have been a number of organized, disruptive demonstrations at town hall meetings being held by members of Congress on the topic of health care.

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin got a lot of laughs earlier this week when he told a seemingly…

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10.20.2008 9:01 pm

Tuesday editorial: Terms of endearment

In the latest CBS/New York Times poll, only 12 percent of the American public approved of the way Congress was doing its job.

Nevertheless, come Nov. 4, 95 percent or more of U.S. House incumbents seeking reelection are expected to keep their…

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09.29.2008 9:00 pm

Tuesday editorial: Here there be monsters

Either the credit markets will seize up in the next few days, or they won’t.

Businesses either will get the short-term operating loans they need in the commercial paper market, or they won’t. Either they’ll get the money somewhere else (old-fashioned…

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