The question inevitably to be asked: Does the rise of Nazi Germany and the resulting Holocaust in the 1930’s and 1940’s offer instruction to us for what is happening now, in the United States, indeed, in the world, in 2017? Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
Trump and GOP Betray Families of Supporters
As reported in the New York Times science section on March 21, 2017, the U.S, Census Bureau reports that the number of grandparents in the United States has increased by 24% since 2001. There were 56.1 million grandparents in 2001. Read More …
Killing Grandma
One grey morning at Circle Of Concern, long before the doors officially opened, a volunteer wanted to talk. The day before he and his wife delivered Meals On Wheels: one of the diners (who received help from Circle) didn’t answer Read More …
Yes For Cops – But No On St. Louis County “Prop P”
I spent the first 11½ years of my life in Hanley Hills, a large subdivision which became a municipality (a village) in north central St. Louis County. The village had a modest property tax but a lot of money came Read More …
America’s Responses to Jewish Refugees
Please see the flyer (below) regarding a program from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, which partnered with the St Louis County Library to bring this program from D.C. to St. Louis next Wednesday, March 22nd. The location is the St. Louis Read More …
Wage Phobia
When Missouri legislators talk about the process of getting a bill passed, they oft explain that even good ideas take years to become law. For example, the saga of Jim The Wonder Dog. Born in Louisiana but spending most of Read More …