Bob McCarty Writes

Milton “Skip” Ohlsen III, a man the Riverfront Times reports is a well-known operative who once worked as a consultant for the Missouri Democrat Party, has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in the Oct. 16, 2008, bombing at a St. Louis-area parking garage that injured Clayton, Mo., attorney John L. Gillis. Ohlsen [...]

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Three weeks ago, I published two posts about a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to continue funding for the colossal case of fraud known as the Pigford II Settlement.  Today, I offer a third piece in which I cast light on the thought process — or lack thereof — behind one congressman’s decision [...]

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Three months ago, I reported that Mexican trucks were inching closer to U.S. highways.  Now, it appears the gate has been opened, allowing them unencumbered access to highways north of the Mexican border. Today, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood signed a cross-border trucking agreement with Mexico without providing the public or Congress with the final details [...]

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In a post today, St. Louis ad man T.J. Birkenmeier* revealed the discovery of definitive evidence that can solve the mystery surrounding high-profile death of Caylee Anthony, something that has eluded everyone in the law enforcement or news media communities during the three years since the little girl disappeared:  A suicide note written by little Caylee. [...]

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“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – James Madison, Federalist 62 By Dave Roland, Guest Blogger How many laws did you break [...]

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By Foster Friess, Guest Blogger In the July 4 cover story of Time Magazine, managing editor Richard Stengel declares that the “Constitution was born in a crisis.” The Framers could not possibly have envisioned modern life, he says, so their restrictions on the federal government are irrelevant. And then he makes the bold statement that [...]

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While watching videos of a huge dust storm descending upon Gilbert, Ariz., yesterday, I couldn’t help but see the storm as a metaphor for the U.S. economy.  In much the same way as the dust storm preceded monsoon-like rains that left Arizona residents awash in water, the wrong decisions regarding the nation’s debt ceiling could [...]

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