Year: 2016

What Happened to St. Louis?

We have a great feature in our new March/April/May 2016 issue. Brian Feldman, a researcher-reporter with the New America Foundation’s Open Markets Program, has done a deep dive into the history of St. Louis’s economy...

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Tonight, My Predictions Will Be Tested

The first time I really began trying to look ahead to the 2016 election was back in August 2013. I was reacting to a bit of analysis by Larry Sabato. I made three points. The first was that Govs. Christie, Walker and Kasich all...

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Don’t Call It Fascism?

Prepare to be concern-trolled by Clive Crook: Donald Trump’s critics are making two kinds of mistake when they call him a fascist, or a proto-fascist, or a kind of fascist, or complain that his rallies evoke images of Nazi...

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I think I got banned from a gun website-

No politics, but just a slice of online life. Pass on if not interested. Been reading and occasionally posting to a site called “The truth about guns”.  While it was interesting about firearms and some gear, it...

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Kevin Williamson and the Cult of Mammon

I know that our weekend blogger, David Atkins, wrote about Kevin Williamson on Sunday, but at the risk of saying more about him than is warranted, I want to add my two cents. The first time I took any notice of Mr. Williamson...

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