All Americans should have grounds for being immensely proud of their country.                 Because nothing better justifies a people’s pride in itself than its serving the world as a [ … ]

With the recent thaw, I was beginning to worry that people would forget about the Blizzard of 2005. It defined a generation, and showed how humans can triumph especially during [ … ]

For a brief moment, Thomas Watson Kennedy was my intern. I didn’t need an intern, but when I saw Thomas Kennedy’s application I couldn’t resist the opportunity. For one, I [ … ]

My weekly dinner party for the seasonally depressed was about to start at the local YMCA. My support group says I am slowly making progress, which makes me a little [ … ]

By Brian R. Hook The public and private sectors are joining forces with a number of initiatives to reduce a growing pile of e-waste — unused or obsolete personal computers [ … ]

By Brian R. Hook Local banks are getting involved in the revitalization of downtown St. Louis. Enterprise Bank & Trust now is financing downtown redevelopment projects, once considered so risky [ … ]

“Lying is the best thing a girl can do without taking her clothes off.  But it’s more fun if you do.” – Natalie Portman as “Alice” in “Closer”   I [ … ]

Plato overstated his case when he called poetry a form of madness, and he didn’t see modernity coming when he suggested banishing poets from the Republic. Annoying as they—we—are, poets [ … ]

Policy initiatives have a way of bringing up issues other than the ones they’re intended to address. President George W. Bush’s proposal to restructure Social Security–some pronounce “restructure” as “reform” [ … ]