Editorial: Missouri Legislature's revolving door begins its annual spin

By the Editorial Board

It didn't take long for the Missouri Legislature's revolving door to begin its annual spin.

May 28, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Editorial: Court succeeds where Congress failed in protecting civil rights

By the Editorial Board

For a brief moment earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives had a chance to rise above partisanship and fear mongering and do the right thing for American values and the American people. It didn't happen.

May 28, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Metro takes the Eads Bridge back to the bad old days

By the Editorial Board

Come July 1, the prices for weekly and monthly passes for Metro buses and trains will go up about 6 percent. The price of a two-hour pass and transfer will go up 9 percent. Basic fares remain unchanged.

May 27, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: In-car cameras keep cops safer. So what's the beef?

By the Editorial Board

Some 15 years ago, some U.S. law enforcement agencies began equipping patrol cars with dashboard cameras. A study conducted in 2002 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the U.S. Department of Justice found that "the single greatest value of the in-car camera is the positive im…

May 27, 2012 | 12:05 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial Short Take: Put that alligator on a leash

By the Editorial Board

If you visit Columbia, Mo., this summer, say to participate in the annual Show-Me Games, and you see a 67-year-old man taking his pet alligator for a walk on his leash, don't panic.

May 26, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Time to end Sunshine Law exemption for Missouri National Guard

By the Editorial Board

There can be no denying the fact that the tireless efforts of the citizen-soldiers of the Missouri National Guard were critical to the amazing recovery of the city of Joplin from the killer twister that devastated that city a year ago Tuesday.

May 25, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Editorial: Imagine process turns school superintendent into recruiter

By the Editorial Board

Like a college basketball recruiter trying to fill out a roster, Kelvin Adams has been giving his best pitch to a group of St. Louis public school children and parents over the past month.

May 24, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Editorial: A single hut does not a Ballpark Village make.

By the Editorial Board

If a village is a collection of huts, is it really a village if it has only one hut? Even if it's a $100 million hut?

May 24, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Quarrels in far-away countries are worth some heed

By the Editorial Board

From the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi, the furor in Greece looks like what a British prime minister once called "a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing."

May 23, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Honesty, integrity and Goodwill: The 'basically honest.'

By the Editorial Board

It probably shouldn't come as a surprise that 15 people claim to have lost the $14,505 found in a box of stuff dropped off at a Goodwill store here this month. We'd like to think better of human nature, but experience says we shouldn't. Science agrees.

May 23, 2012 | 12:00 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Why do tornadoes teach us lessons, but not floods?

By the Editorial Board

Comparing how communities respond to floods and how they respond to tornadoes offers a contrast in urgency.

May 22, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: OMB should release new food safety rules

By the Editorial Board

Six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration met the deadline set by Congress to complete a set of proposed rules for implementing the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. It submitted those proposals to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review. They haven't been …

May 22, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Lingerie football comes to, of all places, the Family Arena

By the Editorial Board

In the days when Joe Ortwerth was the St. Charles County executive, the Lingerie Football League might have had problems booking the St. Charles Family Arena for its new St. Louis-region franchise. Mr. Ortwerth reserved the right to veto any acts that he felt weren't suitable family entertainment.

May 21, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Save $2 billion. Close the U.S. Capitol until November.

By the Editorial Board

Here's a modest proposal: Since it has become blindingly obvious that the United States Congress won't get anything meaningful done before the November election, maybe the Capitol should be closed down for the next five months.

May 21, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Horrigan: Learning to THINK

Kevin Horrigan • khorrigan@post-dispatch.com, 314-340-8135

One thing we can all agree on, be we black or white, Asian or Hispanic, young or old, liberal or conservative, believer or atheist, is that it's for the kids.

May 20, 2012 | 6:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Legislature won't find success until voters clean it up

By the Editorial Board

Before Missouri legislative leaders pounded their gavels to end their annual session on Friday, Republican leaders already were declaring their five-month frat party a success.

May 19, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Short take: Worst. How-to. Book. Ever.

This week brought the exciting news that best-selling author George W. Bush had turned in the manuscript of his latest page-turner to his publisher. This one deals with the former president's strategies for economic growth.

May 19, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Nixon should sign bill that puts auto dealers on level ground

By the Editorial Board

There is one very good reason to be suspicious of House Bill 1329, a bill headed to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon that would reauthorize local sales taxes on the purchase of cars, boats and trailers bought out of state.

May 18, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

• Related: Mo. lawmakers approve vehicle sales tax measure
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Editorial: What's in a name? Just ask the Kangaroos

By the Editorial Board

Our esteemed brothers and sisters on the editorial page of The Kansas City Star have endorsed a proposal to change the name of the University of Missouri-Kansas City back to the University of Kansas City. This could create some problems.

May 18, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Charter school bill a good balance between accountability, expansion

By the Editorial Board

If there was one piece of education business that the Missouri Legislature should have finished before it ends its session Friday, it was not the charter school bill.

May 17, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Editorial: The knights of timidity suffer a setback

By the Editorial Board

Imagine: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 1776. Thomas Jefferson presents the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress. The members say, "Nice job, Tom. We're down with that. But sign it? We're afraid of threats, harassment or reprisals if our names are disclosed."

May 17, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Missouri Speaker's legacy: It's El Rushbo's House now

By the Editorial Board

Mark Twain was no fan of politicians. He thought they were crooks. He probably would have wanted no part of the honor bestowed upon him by former Missouri Speaker of the House Bob Griffin in 1982.

May 16, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Editorial: What was wrong with the Glass-Steagall Act, anyway?

By the Editorial Board

Had the nation been more engrossed in what President Bill Clinton was doing with the financial industry in the mid-1990s and less in what he was doing with Monica Lewinsky, it might have avoided a whole lot of trouble.

May 16, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.

Editorial: Pay-to-play allegations will persist until Missouri has donation limits

By the Editorial Board

St. Louis-based Centene Corp. didn't appreciate the suggestion made on this page a month ago that its bid for a Missouri Medicaid services contract might have been aided by political contributions to Gov. Jay Nixon.

May 15, 2012 | 12:15 am | (Loading… ) comments.

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Editorial: The Rams' upscale wish-list would be a very heavy lift

By the Editorial Board

If you want to design a first-class, first-tier National Football League stadium, the guy to see is Bryan Trubey at HKS Sports and Entertainment Group in Dallas. He and his team did the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and they're designing the ne…

May 15, 2012 | 12:10 am | (Loading… ) comments.