Whose Word Do We Take The Victim or A Cop? Neither – The Camera By the Honorable Jamilah Nasheed We use them to watch over our homes and businesses, to host virtual meetings, and even to review the minutiae of games played by grown men chasing a ball. Cameras are part of our everyday life. […]

Why I Was The Only No Vote on 2nd Taxpayer-Funded St. Louis Stadium By The Honorable Peter D. Kinder On Thursday, Missouri lawmakers are conducting a public forum regarding state-backed bonding for a second football stadium in St. Louis. The stadium project is an ill-advised attempt to keep the Rams in St. Louis or attract […]

If Duct Tape & Twine Keeps City Fleets Rollin’; Tighten Up Belt, First! By Atty. Mike Owens I feel badly for Todd Waelterman. The St. Louis Director of Operations is telling reporters that duct tape and twine will have to be used to keep the city’s fleet of trucks, from trash to dump, running. This […]

St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green Has Issues With Proposed G.O. Bond Editor’s Note: If you read the following commentary by St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green, the long-time and highly respected fiscal watch dog for the City of St. Louis; it is clear she supports the August Proposed General Obligation Bond Issue, but if it passes she […]

Lack of Faith: Political Juggling Goes On, Gun Crime Wave Continues Atty. Mike Owens Something happened in the St. Louis court system that has never before occurred, according to one source who remembers these sorts of things. A federal grand jury indicted five suspects in connection with two different murders, one from March and the […]

One Man’s Opinion: Too Easy to Vote “NO” On Proposition 1 — $180 Million By Atty. Mike Owens In August, St. Louis voters will be asked to approve a $180 million bond issue to fund capital improvements in the city. However, earlier this month, some elected officials probably dashed all hopes that the bond issue […]

Hurt People, Hurt Other People: The Angry Village By James Clark Hillary Clinton in the 1990s, borrowed from an African proverb; this message was powerful, it cut through all the social narrative of the times. During those times the focus had shifted to fatherless homes, at-risk youth, and others that described conditions in America and […]

Young Racist Murderer Shows More Regard for Black Church than Black Youth By Rodrick K. Burton Investigators and the nation breathlessly await more information surrounding Dylann Roof’s motives behind his shooting nine people at Emanuel AME Church. Charleston and the nation are still in shock. More information has been emerging from the survivors of the […]

How Do We Protect Our Kids: CCW Jr? By Rev. Rodrick Burton The saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” but this May the showers were that of bullets on the city streets and in county lanes. These showers of gunfire fell on the just and unjust; on the innocent and on the guilty; on […]

John Diehl: What’s Done In The Dark Will Come To Light By Rev. Rodrick Burton The Bible says “For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known and brought out into the open (NIV).”  This is commonly said as, “What is done in the dark will […]