The homeownership rate fell 10.4% in St. Louis city and 6% in St. Louis County from 2010 to 2020. According to a local sociologist, the issue comes down to the affordability and availability of housing in the region.
According to the CDC, fewer than 4% of Americans are completely unprotected from COVID. The other 96% are either vaccinated or have been previously infected: These figures are taken from blood donors, who might be systematically different from the population as a whole. The study sample was weighted to account for this, but even so ...continue reading "Raw data: Herd immunity from COVID-19"
Welcome Back to the Central West End After a a three-year hiatus and months of extensive remodeling, Dressel’s Public House is holding a soft opening at its former location in the Central West End. I was so happy to see the lamb burger available once again. The topping of goat cheese and apricot chutney adds...
I want to highlight this excerpt from the Trump indictment: What's interesting to me is not the obvious obstruction of justice, which we know is a core part of the indictment, but Trump's obsession toward "my boxes." His sense of possession is palpable: even though he knows better, he's convinced they are "my" boxes and ...continue reading "Donald Trump and his obsession with “my boxes”"
Self-driving cars are here! Sort of. Mercedes will sell a car in 2024 that can drive on highways with no hands on the steering wheel. But there's a catch: The 'DRIVE PILOT' system can only operate on highways during daylight at speeds not exceeding 40 miles per hour, the DMV said. Mercedes-Benz said in a ...continue reading "True autonomous highway driving is (sort of) here"
Meditating on the passage of time, the show presents work that is a result of the inevitable interplay between an artist’s solitary workings in her studio and those of a