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Short Takes on Charity, Kindness, Meanness and the Weirdness of R. Kelly Mar. 11, 2019
Keeping Josiah on the Move The thief who made off with a 3-year-old's prosthetic leg deserves all th... Read More
Missouri Could Soon Shut Down Its System of De Facto Debtors' Prisons Mar. 08, 2019
The Missouri House this week gave near-unanimous approval to a measure that would stop local court s... Read More
Short Takes on Confusion, Clarity and Everything in Between Mar. 04, 2019
Punting the Issue Imagine our surprise when local St. Louis attorneys accused the National Football ... Read More
Move to Cali With Your Mother Mar. 02, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I'm 17, and I'm a senior in high school. I take part in school activities and have a lo... Read More
Plan to Undermine New Minimum Wage Is Latest Display of Contempt for Voters Feb. 19, 2019
Missouri legislators are at it again, plotting to overturn a statewide vote, this time by chipping a... Read More
Law Should Reflect Today's Medical and Societal Advances on HIV Feb. 11, 2019
Under current Missouri law, a person who has tested positive for HIV can face serious legal conseque... Read More
Without Enforcement Teeth, Discrimination Abounds Against Section 8 Tenants Feb. 08, 2019
Landlords throughout the St. Louis metro region openly and routinely discriminate against the poor. ... Read More
Laugh, Cry or Do Something Feb. 06, 2019
We've all used the phrase, "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry." To this, I will add there is a t... Read More
Short Takes on Weird News of the Week Feb. 06, 2019
Maligning the Melting Pot Veteran newscaster Tom Brokaw's comments about Hispanic Americans weren't ... Read More
High Cash Bail Without Due Process Violates Defendants' Fundamental Rights Feb. 04, 2019
If America's constitutional principle of justice had to be boiled down to four words, they would be:... Read More
Short Takes on Blindfold Challenges and Blinder Bigotry Jan. 21, 2019
The Darwin Challenge In the Netflix film "Bird Box," a mysterious force overtakes Earth, causing mas... Read More
Ruling Upholding Discrimination Against Lesbian Couple Screams for Challenge Jan. 18, 2019
A federal judge on Wednesday chose to interpret the absolute letter of the law in her reading of the... Read More
DeVos' Plan to Boost For-Profit Colleges Will Lead to More Disasters Like Vatterott Jan. 03, 2019
It takes some nerve for Vatterott College to blame the Department of Education for its failure and a... Read More
For Missouri, 2018 Brought Toppled Politicos, Jobs Lost to Trade Wars and Vanishing Data Dec. 28, 2018
For Missouri, 2018 was a year of political exits that rocked the state and drew national attention. ... Read More
McCaskill's Exit Further Shrinks America's Political Middle Ground Dec. 19, 2018
Missouri's top-ranking Democrat is on her way out of elective politics, taking with her the last ves... Read More
Justice Is Distorted When Courts Turn Into Profit-Generating Centers Dec. 17, 2018
There is no legal or moral justification for rural Missouri counties to continue their policies of c... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
Blindly Voting by Party Affiliation Does a Disservice to Democracy Nov. 09, 2018
Missouri abolished the ballot option of straight-ticket voting in 2006 for all the right reasons. It... Read More
The Growing Consensus for Legalizing Marijuana Nov. 08, 2018
The United States remains starkly divided between red and blue, with Republicans and Democrats each ... Read More
Hyperbole over the Hyperloop's Feasibility Doesn't Match the Economic Reality Oct. 26, 2018
We at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch don't want to be accused of being hypercritical, but we're not qui... Read More
