Here's an interesting chart from the Financial Times that shows how well governing parties have done in elections through the years: The point of this chart is supposed to be that, for the first time ever, governing parties have lost every single election so far in 2024. People all over the globe wanted to throw ...continue reading "Bad economies only recently started to affect elections"
The City of Bellefontaine Neighbors held a packed Board of Aldermen meeting Thursday for the first time since city employees walked off the job last month.
I won’t pretend like I’m not a huge fan of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF has done great work representing clients on matters of free speech and technology innovation. Whether it’s defending anonymous speech from being unmasked or fighting back against the use of intellectual property laws merely to hide content from daylight, this […]
Flooding has forced MoDOT to close Route 141 under Interstate 44. IDOT has temporarily closed Route 50 between O'Fallon and Lebanon due to similar issues.
Following their critically-acclaimed productions of The Dispute, Burrow, Whammy! and Titus Androgynous, YoungLiars return with a world premiere spectacle - Wolf Kings. Created and Conceived by Artistic Directors Maggie Conroy […]
Over at Mother Jones, my old colleague Mike Mechanic says the reason for voter discontent is more fundamental than most pundits think: I’m talking here about something even more basic, something that undergirds so much of America’s discontent. The best explanation, after all, is often the simplest: Wealth inequality. There is little that leaves people ...continue reading "Does wealth inequality explain Trump?"
A man is in critical condition after officials believe he was pulled into the river by flooding earlier this week and went missing for nearly two days.
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