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This is off the beaten path, isn't it? But I was over at Google's Ngram Viewer trying to remember what I had planned to look up, and while my neurons were betraying me I started entering dirty words. That was interesting, so I got more rigorous about it. Here are the most popular current obscenities, ...continue reading "Raw data: What popular obscenity has grown the most?"

The center-left mindset of favoring quantitative analysis and just-so mathematical solutions is particularly myopic when it comes to fossil fuel pollution.

The White House sent out some talking points to help you deal with your Fox-loving uncle on Thanksgiving Day, and I wish they hadn't. This is one of the most tiresome memes ever. But if you're going to do it anyway, for God's sake please proofread it: Two typos in a single sentence? It should ...continue reading "The White House needs a copy editor"

James Iberg of Highland, IL became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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We finally know who gets what from the Rams settlement.

There has been a breakthrough criminal charge in the shooting death of a Jefferson County teen. A man has now been charged with trying to cover it up.

The red team made up of mostly firefighters won 9-3. But the families of those supported by the BackStoppers are the real winners here.

The plight of an 80-year-old worker from Affton may lead to new state legislation.

Things looked dry to start the week, but chances of rain are increasing heading into the weekend.

DOORWAYS offers its clients a place to live and a lot of other services, like mental health care, help finding work, a food pantry, and access to a pharmacist, all in one place.

Johnson killed a Kirkwood police officer, William McEntee, in 2005. Johnson was 19 at the time of the crime.

A labor dispute involving the freight rail industry is currently in a holding pattern. A cooling-off period will expire next month.

Two years ago, the DOJ opened up an investigation into the Springfield, Massachusetts police department, targeting its troubled Narcotics Unit. Like far too many other drug-focused units, the Springfield Narcotics Unit was filled with officers who routinely engaged rights violations. Narcotics Bureau officers regularly punch subjects in the head and neck area without legal justification. […]

A St. Louis tradition took the stage at the Enterprise Center on Wednesday for the annual Guns 'N Hoses boxing event.

A catering company in north St. Louis provided meals to those in need for the ninth consecutive year.