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These Tiny Cabins Near St. Louis Are the Perfect Getaway

3 years ago
Sure, ‘tis the season to be jolly. Fa la la la and whatever. But sometimes, holiday gatherings with the family (as delightful as they can be), remind one of how nice it would be to bolt off to somewhere secluded and far away from your extended family’s racial slurs.
Monica Obradovic

Drink Some Beers to Help Some Animals With 'Raise a Pint for Pets'

3 years ago
This holiday season, pet-loving St. Louis drunks are once again afforded a unique opportunity to spread joy in the world simply by doing what comes naturally: drinking beer. That's thanks to Raise a Pint for Pets, the annual booze-based charity campaign that aims to help out our furry friends in animal shelters. For the sixth year in a row, Urban Chestnut has teamed up with Purina to merge alcoholism with altruism.
Daniel Hill

Congress knows how to slash child poverty. It just needs to do it

3 years ago

If you could prevent millions of children from falling back into poverty, would you? Most of us, I imagine, would answer “yes” without hesitation. But not Congress. For nearly a year, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have dithered as the policy directly responsible for a dramatic decline in poverty last year lapsed. It’s time for Congress […]

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Juan Carlos Ordóñez

Quants, Carbon, and Climate Change

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