Bob McCarty Writes

Weather experts in the St. Louis area are predicting a winter storm that will begin with two blasts of ice similar to a November 2006 ice storm that cut power to 300,000 residents followed by snowfall reminiscent of the January 1982 blizzard that dumped as many as 25 inches in some parts of the St. [...]

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In December 2008, I published a post about so-called “red-light cameras” soon after they were installed in the St. Louis area and, less than a month later, after they were given the old “heave-ho” in Pinal County, Ariz.  Today, I share news from Los Angeles’ KCET about the business of red-light camera tickets.  It will, [...]

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Remember Elston K. McCowan?  He was one of the men charged with assault and interfering with police on the night black conservative Kenneth Gladney was beaten by a crowd of SEIU thugs in St. Louis.  Now, he’s back as one of the organizers of a racially-charged, anti-Tea Party event. The publicity materials for the event, [...]

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With news out of Washington, D.C., that House Republicans will, today, begin their push to repeal ObamaCare (a.k.a., “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”), I’m offering another look at my video interviews with doctors, patients and others on the subject of government-run health care. The first video (below) appeared in a March 25 post, [...]

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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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It’s never good to see headlights facing your direction, in your lane, on the interstate, but that’s exactly what happened to me early this morning.  Now, I have a reason to be even more thankful this Thanksgiving week. Driving in the rain, I got my wife to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport at around 5:30 a.m.  [...]

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