Bob McCarty Writes

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Recently, a woman I’ll call “Janet” met with me for more than six hours to discuss two court cases in which she’s involved.  One is a Family Court case involving the welfare of a child, while the other is a Probate Court case involving the welfare of that child’s great-grandmother.  Names and case-specific [...]

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Today, I had the opportunity to see five beautifully-restored automobiles kept in a secure location near St. Louis — seven decades of gas-burning brilliance. I can’t share the location or the name of the owner, but I will share this quick-edit video featuring the following cars:  1951 Plymouth Club Coupe; 1959 Oldsmobile 98; 1934 Cadillac [...]

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More than nine months ago, I reported that Saint Louis was making a bid to host the Democrat National Convention.  Today, according to this article in The Wall Street Journal, the Democratic National Committee has picked Charlotte to host the 2012 gathering of communism-loving, socialism-leaning, big-government liberals. While the Journal’s contention is that the decision [...]

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More than 200 people, many of whom were veterans, descended upon downtown St. Charles, Mo., at noon Thursday to counter a 30-minute protest by three sign-carrying members of the controversial Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, a group most well-known for protesting at military funerals. The Westboro protest came less than three weeks after the St. [...]

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Apparently in response to actions taken by the St. Charles County Council last month and expected to be taken Tuesday by the St. Charles City Council, members of the Westboro Baptist Church — known for their controversial protests at military funerals — will protest in St. Charles, Mo., Thursday afternoon. The St. Charles County Council [...]

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When St. Louis was named the most dangerous city in the United States almost three years ago, I sent an e-mail to Rush Limbaugh.  In it, I let the conservative talk radio icon know I was willing to serve as an embedded reporter in the Gateway City and offer reports from the Show-Me State’s chart-topping [...]

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Two pieces of election news failed the “smell test” when they surfaced in Missouri today, and both tie directly to the Carnahan family, the liberal Democrat clan that spawned two 2010 candidates — Russ Carnahan, incumbent in the 3rd Congressional District, and his sister, Robin Carnahan, a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The first item [...]

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