You probably didn’t see it. It was a small article in the January 16, 2017 issue of the Post-Dispatch. Half a column. About three inches deep. Back pages. But I suggest you sit down before reading further. OXFAM released a Read More …
How to Own a Planet
New Governor, Same Old Song
So it begins. On his first Monday in office (interestingly, while state government was closed), Missouri Governor Eric Greitens announced $146.4 million in cuts to the current fiscal year budget. Of course, his social media video [https://www.facebook.com/EricGreitens/ ] lays blame Read More …
Welcome to Liberal America
I’m not sure when exactly the word “liberal” became an epithet in American discourse. The Goldwater era? The Reagan years? Oddly, the same venom has not attached itself to the word “conservative” and I don’t wish it to. It is Read More …
Bonhomme Democratic Club
The Bonhomme Democratic Club met on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the Kirkwood Community Center in room 201. The room was large in square footage but much too small to accommodate the crowd that showed up. This is by no Read More …
Call to Action: WCD Member Recruitment Task Force Forming
WCD has formed a Recruiting Task Force to plan and implement a permanent membership drive. The Task Force will develop a strategy to inform, educate and attract new members to WCD. WCD needs broad and creative ideas to target students, millennial, Read More …
What Are the New Rules?
My wife and I, with friends, spend part of most Thursday nights playing Trivia at a sports bar. Our team does pretty well, capped by a run of wins before Trivia went on break for the Holidays. The games came Read More …