Item # 1: The Kaiser Family Foundation has discovered that, in TV programming aimed at kids, there are lots of commercials for junk food but, shockingly, not a lot of commercials for fruits and vegetables. They claim that’s a major factor in childhood obesity in this country. That’s what’s making kids fat? Bring back those […]
On the day the US Postal Service unveiled its Forever Stamp, a couple of months before the price of first class postage goes up another two cents, Randy Fuller e-mails a good suggestion: In light of the internet, direct deposit and on-line bill paying, the daily mail has become mostly “junk” mail. Not 1 piece […]
Just back from a weekend trip to Hartford, Connecticut, home of the emptiest airport I’ve seen in a top-fifty city. If there were 200 people in the entire terminal, including the staff of the pretzels-and-newspapers stand, I’d be amazed. This place is so empty, you have to call for a cab, because there’s no taxi […]
About a dozen St. Louis public school students have been staging a sit-in in Mayor Slay’s office since Wednesday afternoon. They’re upset that their school district might lose accreditation, that the adults in town can’t seem to play nice with each other long enough to ensure the kids a good education, and a couple are […]
Dozens of members of Congress have signed onto legislation that would make price gouging by oil and gas companies illegal at the federal level, with criminal penalties and large fines for offenders. There’s just one problem — they don’t define “gouging.” Is it gouging when prices go up ten cents a gallon as they did […]
Lots of debate on my show about the five-year, $105 million facelift that’s been announced for Lambert Airport. The basic thinking seems to be that we need a better, prettier airport to show visitors and business people that St. Louis is a city they should be happy to come to. That won’t be accomplished by […]