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Stan Jacobson of Columbia, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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Here is the rate of "border encounters" over the past decade or so: Border crossings spiked at the end of Donald Trump's presidency and since then have remained at about 5x the normal rate. Is this a crisis? I think borders should be enforced but it's never been one of my hot buttons. Partly this ...continue reading "The past two years show that illegal immigration isn’t a very big problem"

This week will be one of the busiest of the year for St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

With snow and dangerously cold weather expected to bear down on the St. Louis region Thursday, safe travel on the roadways may be a matter of "timing" this holiday season.

After leading the St. Louis Public School District for 14 years, Dr. Kelvin Adams is retiring at the end of the year.

Police said the men were riding in a stolen car. After the crash, police found eight guns inside, three of which were confirmed stolen.

With temperatures dropping below freezing this week, the need will grow for people dealing with homelessness to find a warm place to stay.

One of the reasons that copyright is so unbalanced in favor of companies, especially Big Content, is that the process of bringing in new copyright laws is hard for ordinary members of the public to engage with. Typically, new laws come about after government consultations. Although these are public in the sense that they are […]

Here's a chart from the CDC showing the biggest sources of drug overdoses: Here's what I don't understand. The first (known) case of a China White overdose happened here in Orange County in the late 1970s. Since then, various analogs of fentanyl have been available on the street now and again, but it was never ...continue reading "Why did it take so long for fentanyl to become popular?"