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Mother’s Day and the Forbidden Topic of My Youth
May 11, 2025 (Special reprint for potential new subscribers)
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Your tax dollars at rest
FEMA hasn't bothered to check on St. Louis since Friday's killer tornado. Maybe Wednesday.
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DOGE Came for NOAA. Death Came to Texas
Dozens may have died in a flood because of a forecasting failure. Exactly as predicted.
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Want to fix illegal immigration? Arrest the folks who are doing the hiring
The laws are there. But no one has the guts to enforce them
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Suddenly This Feels Like Another Vietnam Moment
There were roughly the same number of people lining the streets of Ballwin on Saturday as there were soldiers marching in a Washington, D.C.
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"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Space?"
Too many prominent Americans are afraid to take risks by standing up to Trump. That could "give death" to democracy.
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How Missouri Is Killing Its Own Citizens—Starting With Its Kids
The cheapest cigarettes in America come with the highest cost
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After the Storm: Quiet Heroism in St. Louis
One of the worst natural disasters ever to hit St.
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Trump’s Blowing Some Crazy Smoke About Iran
Anyone buying his claims of triumph don’t know much about history. Neither his nor that of the Middle East.
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New City Police Board Awash In Scandal — And It Hasn’t Even Met
The conflict of interest. The racial insults. The fired official turned litigant as commissioner. No questions for new members. Great start.
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'Ambush That Foreign Leader' returns!
Reality star Donald Trump scores with an all-new episode from the Oval Office. This one features a Black guy.
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Alligator Alcatraz: MAGA's Cruel and Unusual Grift
It’s a challenge for MAGA to keep descending further into hell. But cashing in on one of the nation’s darkest symbols of the past? That’s a power move.
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