Bob McCarty Writes

Though I wrote about plans for the St. Louis Tea Party and fully intended to be there this morning on the grounds of the world-famous Arch, a broken hand — the result of playing basketball 3-4 nights a week against young men less than half my age — prevented me from doing that today.  In [...]

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Finally, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported on the St. Louis Tea Party which took place at 11 a.m. local today on the steps at the foot of the world-famous Arch. Unfortunately, reporter Tim O’Neil’s article (Anti-stimulus protesters rally at the Arch) that appeared on the newspaper’s web site provided only 200 hardly-descriptive words, one [...]

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It seems as if nothing has changed at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during the 24 hours.  The blackout on newspaper coverage of the Saint Louis Tea Party continues. Yesterday, in St. Louis Newspaper Ignores Tea Party Movement, I highlighted the fact that the staff at the city’s lone major daily had ignored the upcoming local [...]

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This morning, I decided to search the online pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for news about the Saint Louis Tea Party, now less than 48 hours away.  Why?  Because, to date, the St. Louis area’s only major daily newspaper has yet to carry news about the local event or others like it around the [...]

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You might be wondering why I chose to feature the cover of a comic book, I Was Kidnapped By LESBIAN PIRATES From OUTER SPACE!!! Allow me to kill your Friday afternoon with an explanation. In a post published one year ago tomorrow, I made note of the downward spiral of stock in Lee Newspapers, the [...]

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Though I rarely listen to Hollywood on matters of importance, I find myself in near-total agreement with Will Smith when it comes to the subject of racism in this country.  On the same issue, I disagree completely with the members of the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. WILL SMITH’S VIEWS Smith’s views on [...]

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Covering topics that range from financial and political news to reality television and college football, stories worth reading this Monday morning appear below: The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that radio station ad sales are way down, but they pale in comparison to what’s likely to happen if the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” is reinstated.  [...]

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