Sooner or later, common sense should enter the equation

Not to go all Scrooge-y here, but I found this sentence in your Sunday Op-Ed on the various competing bubbles to be...how do I put this...crazy "...folks in the Middle Class taking out student loans they can't pay back even as they get relief for the mortgage loans they also can't pay back." Huh?

Feb 14, 2012 | 5:14 pm | Loading…

A blunder created entirely by the White House

A week ago, the press had a good time with Mitt Romney saying he was not concerned about the very poor - - they have a safety net after all. But, the Post-Dispatch and other media heavyweights have been reticent to comment on the Obama Adminsitration's ham-handed handling of "Contraceptive-gate".

Feb 14, 2012 | 5:08 pm | Loading…

Bury Houston with tears, but remember those good souls, too

While the death of Ms. Houston is terribly sad, there should be a limit to which the media and the public wallows in their grief. She was indeed a great vocal talent who lead a very troubled life and as such is certainly not a public icon nor an example for others to follows. One always questions…

Feb 14, 2012 | 5:11 pm | Loading…

NFL should get out of dome decision

It's time to cut the NFL out of making decisions about the Edward Jones Dome. The NFL is a private business that has been heavily subsidized by the public so that millionaires and billionaires can make lucrative money off the fans while the taxpayers take the big financial risks and pay the big c…

Feb 13, 2012 | 5:18 pm | Loading…

Trampling the rights of non-Catholics

Recently the Obama administration through the Affordable Healthcare Act, has ruled that birth control must be made available through all health insurance plans with no co-payment and with no exceptions. This has brought about a lot of blowback from the Roman Catholic and Roman Catholic sympathizi…

Feb 13, 2012 | 5:16 pm | Loading…

Religion must not be forced on anyone by anyone

Many people are concerned that requiring religious organizations operating businesses to provide insurance that includes contraceptive services for their employees infringes upon the separation of church & state. If it does then not including such coverage is also an infringement. I'm sure th…

Feb 13, 2012 | 5:11 pm | Loading…

Long before we consider action on Iran, we must think of Americans

CPAC, is the blame it on Obama frat party. I think that they ignore, why we are in this situation or can't remember 11 years ago. The economy was doing well, we were paying down the debt and during the presidential campaign, the candidates were talking about tax cuts and infrastructure building. …

Feb 10, 2012 | 5:15 pm | Loading…

Executives at Science Center should haev been first to go

Feb 10, 2012 | 5:17 pm | Loading…

More hypocrisy in Jefferson City

Feb 10, 2012 | 5:04 pm | Loading…

Contraception choices and the law

Feb 09, 2012 | 5:15 pm | Loading…

What are these conservatives conserving?

With the Republican presidential candidates striving desperately to out-conservative one another, perhaps it is time for the rest of us to think hard about what conservatives really want to conserve. The most obvious thing is tax breaks for the very wealthy. The claim is that the rich will use th…

Feb 08, 2012 | 5:10 pm | Loading…

We used to value our teachers. What happened?

I want to know what happened.

Feb 08, 2012 | 5:12 pm | Loading…

Demand a better example from politicians

We should not become satisfied with people in government behaving badly. We must take their wrong-doing seriously. What ethical and behavioral examples are our political leaders and candidates setting for the next generation? Bullying is an act of repeated aggression in order to intentionally hur…

Feb 07, 2012 | 5:30 pm | Loading…

Good enough for the dome, but not for the Arch

"No new public money will go to the Rams without voter approval". Yet there will be no voter approval for tax payers money or any public money for improvements to the Arch. Why is it that's what is good for the gateway arch groundsineterst of the public and voters for one thing is not good for th…

Feb 06, 2012 | 5:34 pm | Loading…

Religious institutions aren't the only ones that object to HHS' contraception mandate

The president condescendingly, via the Department of Health and Human Services, says that religious organizations have one year to find a way to ignore their beliefs. Hey, what about us? Just because I don't run a religious institution doesn't mean my rights of free speech and personal liberties …

Feb 03, 2012 | 5:33 pm | Loading…

Don't let Norquist's power break America

Grover Norquist represents and is financed by the wealthiest people and the largest corporations in America. He inspires fear and obedience in 95% of Republican senators and representatives. They have signed pledges of "no new taxes" (on the rich-- or else!). The money that backs Norquist will de…

Feb 03, 2012 | 5:31 pm | Loading…

No growth, no jobs

The Congressional Budget Office recently reported that if you add the number of unemployed and compare it to the actual number of jobs available when President Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 9.75%. It projects growth to be an anemic 2.2% this year (China is growing at 9%). The …

Feb 03, 2012 | 5:13 pm | Loading…

Thanks for all the free speech money can buy

A tip of the hat to the US Supreme Court regarding free speech, campaign contributions; and it's effect on the cost of free speech for us believers in one person-one vote. In the February 1, 2012, Wall Street Journal it is reported that the Romney organization "had a hefty financial advantage tha…

Feb 02, 2012 | 5:36 pm | Loading…

Plenty of places to get mamograms

The following is a list of locations just in St. Louis where the Komen foundation funds mammograms and women's health services: Alton Memorial Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers, Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest, Grace Hill Health Centers, Jefferson Re…

Feb 02, 2012 | 5:28 pm | Loading…

Citizens should be happy about attempts to prevent non-eligible voters from voting

A letter written by Martin Walsh in the "Your View" section on 2/02/2012 was merely a partisan rant based on untrue statements. If Mr. Walsh would merely read the legislation that was passed in Missouri, he would find that anyone born before 01/01/1941 would be allowed to vote by merely signing f…

Feb 02, 2012 | 5:30 pm | Loading…

No one in government has any business making medical decisions

Regarding Mr. Agathen's letter, Monday, taking Mr. McClellan's column, "The Best of Care but at What Cost," and furthering it by discussing entitlement health care for all, of "every medical treatment potentially available." Mentioned is the fact that "... medical care in the last six months of l…

Feb 01, 2012 | 5:37 pm | Loading…

Missing from the parade

In all the years I served in the military the most distressful experience I had was my training instructor. That is why I was so proud to attend the parade in St Louis for our Heroes' of the Iraq War. Seeing the thousands of my fellow Americans lining the street to honor them was very heart warmi…

Feb 01, 2012 | 5:31 pm | Loading…

Komen's decision jeopardizes lives

Feb 01, 2012 | 5:09 pm | Loading…

Can't legislate the poor into prosperity

Jan 31, 2012 | 5:43 pm | Loading…

Brewer staged altercation to increase book sales

What does a politican do when sales of her book are flat and dry as an Arizona mesa? Instead of greeting the president of our country with the repect and dignity deserving of his office (like any adult and welcoming home town politician should), she stages an orchestrated scene, wags her finger a…

Jan 31, 2012 | 5:44 pm | Loading…