Opinion
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Opinion: Vaccine hesitancy is more complicated than just party affiliation
No doubt, what is happening to sections of our state is absolutely heartbreaking. Currently, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is…
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Jaco: Make the anti-vaxers pay
Covid’s coming back to St. Louis in a big way thanks to selfish unvaxed sociopaths. They should pay. Employers should…
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Opinion: What the ‘Show Me State’ is showing its citizens and the nation
The state of Missouri, the “Show Me State,” is in the heart of America. In addition to the sass and…
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Jaco: Prison for spreading a virus? Only for HIV, not COVID
Missouri has become America’s very own Third World, with COVID spreading rapidly thanks to everyday people refusing vaccines and political…
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America’s founders believed civic education, historical knowledge would prevent tyranny – and foster democracy
The majority of Americans today are anxious; they believe their democracy is under threat. In fact, democracies deteriorate easily. As was…
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Jaco: Welcome to the death lottery; wanna play?
The St. Louis Urban League isn’t usually known for anti-gambling activism. But their “All In” campaign launched this week is…
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Opinion: Why does Missouri allow Ameren to operate above the law?
The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act have saved millions of lives over the last 50 years. In Missouri,…
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Jaco: COVID selfishness, conspiracies endanger vulnerable Missourians, St. Louisans
We hadn’t seen my mother-in-law at her nursing home for a year because of the COVID lockdown. She’s vaccinated. We’re…
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Supreme Court created an existential crisis for the NCAA
The world of big-time college sports is about to change profoundly in ways not even experts yet comprehend because of…
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Jaco: Racist cops mean more crime, less effective law enforcement: The Isom dilemma
Interim Public Safety Director Dan Isom uses the same calm tone talking about racist officers in the St. Louis Metropolitan…
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Opinion: Don’t vote to legalize marijuana without including automatic expungement
Almost half of all individuals who are released from jail or prison in Missouri will be reincarcerated, according to the most…
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Jaco: Missouri Trumpworld’s idiot theater casts St. Louis as the villain
As we approach sort-of-normal, at least for sane St. Louisans who’ve been vaccinated, theater is back. The Muny. Shakespeare in…
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Opinion: What Republicans need to know about critical race theory
The late historian John Henrik Clarke explained the dominant subculture’s preoccupation with manipulating history. Europeans “began manipulating history in the 15th century…
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Opinion: A reflection on the deflection used on Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
In the course of following national and local politics, I have concluded that St. Louis has gone out of its…
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Opinion: The case against Gardner reeks of racism, sexism
As a distant observer of St. Louis politics, I find it very disturbing that the charges filed against St. Louis…
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Jaco: Missouri diverts tax dollars for the needy to anti-abortion extremists
The pro-Trump Tea Party white “populist” rage that fuels Missouri’s governing GOP super-majority has kept one principle from the old…
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Jaco: A ground-breaking deal is good news for the three cities of St. Louis
A ground-breaking deal between the city and developers of the City Foundry project promises to funnel $1.8 million into a…
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Opinion: Memorial Day sparks memories of war correspondents’ courage
I never fought in the Vietnam War. I joined United Press International, a worldwide wire service, in 1975 at the…
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Jaco: Racist cops are bad cops. There are too many in St. Louis
The same week that marked the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin also marks…
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Opinion: When all public schools thrive, our communities will, too
We learned a great deal about the educational needs of our children through this painful past year of the COVID…
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Opinion: What’s behind the CDC’s decision to drop masks for fully vaccinated
In other times, a “masks off” announcement might have been celebrated. Instead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stepped…
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Jaco: Tired yet of Missouri stealing your vote?
The Missouri Home for the Criminally Insane — you know, the one in Jefferson City with a dome where the…
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Opinion: A most unusual legislative session
The 2021 Missouri legislative session was one of the most unusual and unpredictable of the legislative gatherings I’ve covered in…
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Jaco: Red state, blue city, dark future? How the cure for Missouri is St. Louis
It should be no surprise that an organization whose motto is “Eek! Negroes!,” whose attitude toward facts and science is…
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Jaco: The liar’s lesson plans for our schools
Missouri didn’t invent racism. But, like baseball, we perfected it. It’s no surprise that extremists both in and out of…
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Opinion: A potential tax increase looms
One of the fascinating issues for Missouri’s 2021 legislative session has been the idea of a tax increase. You would…
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Jaco: White nationalist fear in your kid’s school
History, Napoleon wrote, is a lie agreed upon. White nationalists in the Missouri General Assembly won’t read Napoleon in the…
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Jaco: Mayor Jones takes over Bloodbath City
St. Louis may end up being in decent shape if Mayor Tishaura Jones inherited her old man’s b.s. detector. So…
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Kicking the Medicaid can down the road yet again
The Missouri House refusal to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion reminded me of a long Missouri legislative tactic of “kicking the can down…
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Compassionate courage can challenge systemic racism – but it’s hard work
It is common to read news of someone getting fired for speaking or acting in ways that harmed members of another race.…
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