I was headed into the public library when a guy outside asked, “Sir, are you a registered voter?” I knew where this was going. He had a petition or two he’d like me to sign. I had recently added my name to the list of Missourians who want to legalize both recreational and medical marijuana, […]
Talk about a mic drop. In the final four paragraphs of Julie Bosman’s piece in the NY Times about the candidates for governor in Illinois, she writes about this interaction between Republican Jeanne Ives and Democrat Chris Kenney… At a bipartisan candidate forum in Chicago in January, Ms. Ives addressed the issue of gun violence. […]
Using our voices instead of our fingers to get information from search providers and elsewhere is becoming more and more common. I recently bought an Amazon Alexa and am amazed at how good it is at voice recognition. I rarely have to repeat myself, and the response is nearly instantaneous. Google’s voice search is also […]
I haven’t had much to say about the mass murder last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, because I didn’t think I could offer anything different than what lots of other people have already said. But today I have several rebuttals to the gun-lovers who refuse to admit that it’s the […]
A couple of years ago, my wife and I became subscribers to the St. Louis Speakers Series, where we’ve had the pleasure of listening to such luminaries as John Cleese, Jeffrey Toobin, Rita Moreno, Ted Koppel, Jon Meacham, and two former prime ministers — England’s David Cameron and Israel’s Ehud Barak. The only speaker who […]
As the final guest on my final radio show, I brought back my brother Seth to talk about his career in politics and what to expect going forward.