It must be a full moon! Former St. Louis Mayor Vincent Schoemehl, who promised African Americans he would re-open an inner city hospital – and didn’t – and who called then governor candidate Mel Carnahan a redneck, is now the saviour for racial tensions in St. Louis? Let’s not forget that former St. Louis school […]

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By David Stokes There are few things as worthless as a gun buyback program. Here is the article on this weekend’s one-day exercise in giving people taxpayer money to purchase new guns. After the “tremendous” success of the 1991 St. Louis City Police Department gun buyback, as the Post-Dispatch puts it: The 1991 cache was […]

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Brother Anthony Shahid in his signature KKK robe at a rally to recall St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/Fngz5WelPvo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: PubDef: Burning Crosses, Hanging Monkies

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Shoot your lover in the head? Viciously slash a woman to death? Feel you were unjustly slandered by a school-board member? If you answered yes to any of the preceding, there’s only one man to call: ace attorney Chet Pleban. – Riverfront times In a shameful display of media bias this morning, the Fox network […]

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“African American Democrats will have many questions, including why is Elbert Walton and the Normandy Fire Protection District worthy of an investigation but Jackson County Legislators who violated Missouri Sunshine laws by doctoring official minutes of illegally closed meetings gets a pass?”   Missouri Political News service (12/7/07) JEFFERSON CITY_ Jay Nixon has once again […]

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by Don Corrigan Our friends in nearby Valley Park have made national headlines over immigration. City officials reacted with displeasure – and with an ordinance – aimed at what was seen as a growing presence of Mexicans in town without the right paperwork. In March of this year, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Barbara W. […]

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Show-Me Institute policy analyst David Stokes takes a look at Missouri’s property reassessment system, and considers the many assessment complaints lodged by Missourians — particularly in the state’s larger and faster-growing counties. Stokes suggests that the current method of assessing individual homes before determining the county’s average rate of increase should be reversed, using aggregate […]

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Tonight in St. Petersburg, Florida is the second CNN/YouTube debate featuring the Republican presidential candidates. Students from the university sent us links to questions they hope will be answered. The questions are about “cultural awareness” and global warming. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/QH3cggkthmY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/JMZsJ96zV-8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Student Life: Romney and […]

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The South County Truth Spot: Lorenz-Englund states: “I am socially progressive because I am a strong believer in gay rights, I can see that gender relations in St Louis are less than desirable and that economic class differences are hard to see for many of our current legislators.” The South County Truth Spot feels it […]

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On Monday, Pine Lawn became the first town in Missouri to ban sagging pants. According to the ordinance, pants are illegally sagging if they show underwear or skin below the waist. This law applies to males and females. Those who violate the law face a $100 fine and the parents of violating minors can be […]

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