What really happened with Sweden and COVID-19? The story is a little more complicated than you usually hear, but you don't have to get too deep in the weeds to see that something interesting happened there. Start off in 2020, when the pandemic begins and Sweden adopts the most hands-off policy of any peer nation. ...continue reading "What’s the real story with Sweden and COVID-19?"
Can someone tell me what's going on with this headline in the Washington Post today? This turns out to be a routine kind of story we've all read a dozen times. It's about a feud between neighbors that spirals out of control and becomes completely insane. What it's not about is the fact that one ...continue reading "Washington Post pretends routine feud is about being gay. Why?"
The latest round of severe storms brought lightning, heavy rain and damaging winds around the St. Louis region. Some Metro East communities, like Fairview Heights, were hit hard by the storms.
Thousands in the St. Louis area are still without power Sunday morning as the region recovers from the latest round of destructive storms earlier this weekend. One of the hardest hit areas is north county, including the Spanish Lake area.
Most of the power outages in St. Louis County were concentrated in the northeastern part of the county, from Florissant to Bellefontaine Neighbors. The unincorporated area of Spanish Lake was hit particularly hard.
Lane Thomas’ single broke a tie in the 10th inning and the Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.
It's natural for Republicans to dislike the Democratic agenda and vice versa. But check out these Republican quotes from a Wall Street Journal story today: “It’s like half the country has lost their minds. People don’t even know what gender they are.”...If Republicans lose again, “it’s going to be the downfall of our society.” “We ...continue reading "The Republican apocalypse"
John K. Wooten, 25, was charged with first-degree murder, assault and two counts of armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Terrell Johnson.
Five Years Ago This week in 2018, more police were admitting that FOSTA/SESTA made it harder to catch traffickers, while UK Parliament members were looking to enact a similar law of their own. California was cooking up its disastrous privacy bill, while we looked at the censorship potential of the EU Copyright Directive’s Article 13. […]