The Guardian today has a piece about Allan Lichtman's famous "13 keys" to winning the White House, which have a strong record of predicting the eventual winner. The party in the White House has to lose six of them to get voted out, so let's play along. Here are the 13 keys along with my ...continue reading "Joe Biden is going to win!"
The FCC on Thursday once again voted along party lines to restore popular net neutrality rules stripped away during the Trump administration in a flurry of protest and sleazy industry behavior. You might recall the 2017 repeal was so unpopular that telecom giants were caught using fake and dead people to create the illusion of […]
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The late Jimmy Buffett’s life and legacy is being celebrated with a new Margaritaville Bobblehead, officially licensed by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum. The bobblehead features the iconic Margaritaville Parrot…
NASCAR executives, visiting St. Louis Thursday, outlined the business prospects of the auto racing league, which has expanded its presence in the region.
David Brooks has a remarkable column in the New York Times today dedicated to one thing: our rising national debt. The reason it's remarkable has nothing to do with the subject matter. I'm not a big deficit hawk, but the long and steady rise in the national debt is at least concerning: Even after removing ...continue reading "America needs higher taxes"
Walmart is removing self-service lanes at some stores across the country. It joins a band of other large retailers who have recently announced changes to their self-checkout services.
The House Ethics Committee investigation of Speaker Dean Plocher reminds me of the recent history of speakers who ended their time in office under a legal or ethical cloud. As The Independent has reported, Plocher sought House reimbursement for travel that had been covered by campaign funds. And he pressured House staff to go around the normal contract bidding process in […]
An 18-year-old from south city went on a smash-and-grab spree earlier this month, police say, hitting 11 businesses over the course of two consecutive Wednesday nights in April. Police say that on April 10, Leslie James III and two others cruised around in a stolen Hyundai, smashing the windows of the Donut Drive-In in Lindenwood Park, Soulard institutions Molly's and Bogart's, as well as other places, stealing various amounts of money from the businesses. The following Wednesday they did the same thing at the My Marie Caribbean restaurant on Cherokee Street and another business in Benton Park.
This month, Wisconsin joined 27 other states that have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, buy voting equipment or hire poll workers for Election Day. All of the state laws came in the past four years, pushed by conservative lawmakers and activists who claim that Democratic voters […]
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Health Department is reporting a scabies outbreak at an area school. Officials say there are 27 confirmed cases at City Garden Montessori in south St. Louis. The human itch mite is what causes scabies, according to the CDC. Symptoms include intense itching and a pimple-like rash. It can spread [...]
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