Despite pressure from millions of good people about the nation, this afternoon the U. S. House of Representatives reconsidered and passed the very nasty and partisan Agriculture Reauthorization bill, aka the once-every-five-year Farm Bill. NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR Read More …
I have come to make a plug for failure. There are many ways to fail after all your successes… To pursue something because it matters to you, to your moral expectations for the world; to pursue something because the way Read More …
Last Monday, as most of the world watched two leaders with bad hair, a young man made a driving mistake on a crappy road in northeast St. Charles County. The young man paid with his life. Between the hummus and Read More …
I spent part of Monday out in St. Charles. In front of the McDonalds locations on Elm Street and Fifth Street they had banners, ‘Now Hiring, $10 An Hour.’ Tuesday I read the state audit of Missouri’s food stamp program. Read More …
We need to see more of this– Congressional candidates meeting and interacting with voters in an open, public forum. The Chesterfield Township Democrats hosted a panel discussion on Tuesday evening with all five Democratic contenders for the District 2 Congressional Read More …