A greeting card is one of the few things people still mail even when they never mail anything else. Bills go paperless. Photos live on phones. Yet a folded piece of paper with a few careful words still shows up in mailboxes—and it can feel more personal than a text ever could. That staying power comes from a long, surprising history. Greeting cards were not invented as a cute modern habit. They grew out of older traditions of public announcements, private letters, printed art, and social
On February 20, 1962, American astronaut John Glenn became the first U.S. citizen to orbit Earth, circling the planet three times aboard Friendship 7. At the time, the flight mattered because it proved the United States could carry out a full orbital mission in the intense early years of the Space Race, when space achievements were closely tied to national confidence, scientific prestige, and military technology. It still matters today because Glenn’s mission helped turn human spaceflight
County's top corrections official refuses to answer numerous questions from County Council members about the Feb. 7 incident, saying she wants to await the outcome of an ongoing investigation.
Friday morning starts off breezy with partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 25 degrees. As the day progresses, expect partly sunny skies with a high reaching 43 degrees. Winds from the west will gust up to 33 mph making it feel colder than the actual temperature, with a feels like high near 34. Evening brings intermittent clouds and winds calming down to around 7 mph, with clouds increasing overnight. Lows fall to about 25 degrees with a very chilly overnight feel near 19 degrees. Saturday
One recurring theme of this era: folks who actually choose to stand up to this bumbling kakistocracy of hateful failsons usually tend to win if they stick together. Those that prematurely bend the knee in abject cowardice (like say, CBS, countless law firms, or numerous university administrators) will hopefully be remembered for it. It happened […]
A Republican judge in Cole County on Thursday ruled that the ballot summary must be rewritten for a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it much harder for Missourians to amend the constitution through citizen initiative petitions. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ordered the first three bullet points of the summary voters will see […]