Twenty-six years ago, Ionel “Greg” Grigore came to the United States from Romania in search of freedom and opportunity. Today, the 54-year-old St. Louis businessman finds himself again battling dark political forces not unlike the ones that caused him to want to leave the Eastern European homeland of his birth. Recently, I spoke with Grigore [...]
‘Let ‘em have one finger, they take your whole hand’
April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Immigrants from Romania Rally for Freedom
April 10th, 2010 · No Comments
Today, I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Ionel “Greg” Grigore and his mother Dumitra (see photo above), first-generation Americans from Romania who shared with me their first-hand experiences of living in a land without freedom and opportunity. The Grigores were among a crowd of nearly 100 people rallying for freedom and against tyranny [...]
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College Student Understands What’s at Stake (Update)
April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Despite a 30-minute deluge of rain, more than 500 people showed up for the Tea Party Express III rally Monday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo. I spoke with dozens of people during more than three hours I was on site. One who stood out from the rest was a college student named Josh Ciskowski. A [...]
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Double-Standard at Saint Louis University?
January 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments
Does a double-standard exist at Saint Louis University? Recent events at the Jesuit university might cause you to believe one does. This weekend, SLU’s Muslim Students’ Association hosted a three-day conference, “Saving Our Deen: Living a Muslim life in a not-so Muslim world,” at the school’s Busch Student Center. Part of the conference agenda — [...]
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Top BMW Stories the Mainstream Media Missed (Update)
December 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments
Below, in much the same manner as Fox News published a year-end piece, Nine Big Stories the Mainstream Media Missed in 2009, I highlight four seven subjects I covered that were, mostly or largely, ignored by the “lame-stream” media: 1. The Chevron-Ecuador Lawsuit — My coverage began April 22 with the post, Blogger Investigating $27 [...]
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Troops Hailed as Heroes at Exodus 2009 in St Louis
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Thousands of soldiers from Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood will pass through St. Louis Lambert International Airport today on their way home for the holidays. Unable to make it there this morning, I offer instead one of St. Louis blogger Doug Edelman‘s best photos from the kickoff of “Exodus 2009″ which saw dozens of local patriots [...]
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Name the Author: ‘Toast Yourselves, Black America’
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
One day after President Barack Obama delivered a war strategy speech that left many feeling wary, it’s become time to play a new game I’m calling, “Name the Author.” Read the words below and see if you can guess who wrote them two days after Obama won the election as the nation’s first black president: [...]
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