Taylor Swift’s music career is filled with tributes to her late maternal grandmother, Marjorie Moehlenkamp Finlay. Photographs and home videos of Finlay are included in several of Swift’s lyric music videos, including the one for “Timeless,” which was released exclusively for the album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). But Marjorie Moehlenkamp Finlay wasn’t just Taylor Swift’s grandmother—she …
Return to a time when steamboats ruled the river. The one-hour narrated riverfront cruise aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch explores the history of downtown St. Louis, including the […]
Donald Trump and a host of other scared Republicans would like Arizona to repeal its brutal 1864 ban on abortion. Here is the text of the legislation introduced in the state Senate: Now that's a clean bill. However, while it has a chance of passing the Senate, it's already failed four attempts to pass the ...continue reading "Today in politics: abortion is in, immigration is out"
For a little while, it looked as though Section 702 surveillance might finally be curtailed, if not substantially reformed. Lots of House Republicans were irritated that some of Trump’s inner circle had been (inappropriately) targeted by FBI investigators taking advantage of the agency’s backdoor access to US persons’ communications collected by a foreign-facing collection program. […]
The Ballwin man who admits to ripping up a Black Lives Matter and pride poster in a classroom is running for political office and legally changed his name in the past.
By a vote of 15-7, the Madison County Board voted in favor of sending a non-binding referendum to voters in November. County voters will be asked if they want to separate from Cook County to form a new state.