Dolly Parton’s upcoming album, Rockstar, features a reunion of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on her cover of “Let It Be,” and she tells the U.K.’s Absolute Radio just how she got the two Beatles to join her for the…
After more than three decades in public office, St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann says that he won't seek reelection in 2026. He and other St. Charles County leaders reflected on his time in office Thursday.
Approximately 10 minutes long, Reena Esmail's Black Iris is performed on Western instruments and notated according to Western conventions, but many of the melodies involve quicksilver microtonal shifts, subtle shadings of notes that slip between the lines and spaces of the staff or the steps on the scale. As any fan of Hindustani ragas or Delta blues or early Sonic Youth will attest, these liminal spaces contain vast stores of power and pleasure. Rather than “resolve” any harmonic ambiguities, Esmail delights in them.
Colorado cannot compel a website designer to create custom sites for same-sex couples, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an opinion released Friday. The 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, came in 303 Creative v. Elenis. Plaintiff Lorie Smith argued the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, violates her constitutional right to free […]
Chesterfield-based MOHELA — the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority — played a key role to the effort by six conservative-led states to scuttled loan forgiveness plan.
Today the BLS released annual productivity figures for various industries and I got sort of interested in which industries had done best and worst over various periods of time. Here is annual productivity growth over the past three decades: This is about what you'd expect. The wireless business has become fantastically more productive since 1987, ...continue reading "Raw data: Productivity growth in American industry"
Dead & Company’s current tour has brought in big bucks for some very good causes. The band is currently on their Final Tour, and throughout the trek, they've held several…
An anonymous Louisiana cop who sued, in this order: still manages to have a viable lawsuit seven years later. It boggles the mind. Officer John Doe was policing an anti-police violence protest allegedly organized by activist Deray Mckesson. This demonstration resulted in the blocking of a freeway, resulting in a significant police presence. Someone in […]
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