Several years ago, while covering organized labor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, I covered a story about a cookie company in Overland that was closing. Its Italian corporate owner was moving the operation to Ontario.The story got into the details of...
When I was in graduate school in Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s, President Richard Nixon’s administration was entangled in the vast web of deceit that we have long known as Watergate.In 1973 and 1974, I worked part-time at the Kansas City Star’s...
President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the most erratic, flamboyant and unpredictable presidents until this year, coined the term “bully pulpit” for his ability to use his office to shape public opinion and policy for what he saw as the greater good.Today,...
We may not be fully aware of this point: President-elect Donald Trump has drastically changed the way a person of his political stature communicates with world leaders, the public, his followers and pundits who defend him or attack him.Governments around...
Several evenings ago, my wife and I were driving an older friend home from a birthday dinner. As we started out, I mentioned that the Trump election was quite a surprise.The woman, who’s been a family friend for many decades, said she has never feared...
KETC (Channel 9) is one of 10 PBS-affiliated stations around the country to receive a $10,000 grant from WNET in New York to help produce a local component to complement the five-part series, “The Story of the Jews.”“This involves things locally...
Jay Michaelson, author of "God vs. Gay: The Religious Case for Equality" and a gay rights activist, will speak on two nights next week at Central Reform Congregation in the Central West End at 5020 Waterman Boulevard. Both events are free and open to...
