Regarding "USPS suspends nonessential spending" (May 31 print edition), about the budget woes of the U.S. Postal Service because of the rise in digital communications: I understand as I have been paying my bills online for years.
Americans are struggling to make ends meet these days. Health care costs and insurance premiums are up. More and more families are priced out of the housing market. We have to hold our breath in the checkout lane at the supermarket. And then there's the cost of a gallon of gas.
We need a new moniker. "The best fans in baseball" doesn't quite fit anymore. The Cubs come to town and we don't sell out. When they played the Rangers on Monday, the stadium was less than half full, according to ESPN's reported attendance.
It is a supreme irony that Donald Trump, the most unpatriotic of our presidents, holds the nation's highest honor during the 250-year celebration of our country.
Ed Shew's essay 鈥淭rans athlete bans target an issue that barely exists today鈥 (May 28) attempts to show the various points of view regarding transgender women competing against women in women's sports, and comes down on the side of, 鈥淒enying trans people the right to participate is discrimination.鈥
T. S. Eliot was born in 最新杏吧原创 in 1888; there is a star on the Delmar Blvd. sidewalk honoring him. After graduating from Harvard he moved to England and became an essential poetic voice of the 20th Century. In the opening stanza of "The Rock" Eliot laments, "Where is the life we have lost…
Friday's top front-page headline caught my attention: "Reports: Iran, US have deal." (May 28.)
In moments like these, when families are feeling the strain of rising prices at the gas pump, it is understandable that elected officials want to offer relief. But leadership also requires honesty. Politicians at both the state and federal levels have proposed suspending fuel taxes to lower …
I suspect I鈥檓 not alone in disliking referenda. They are a repudiation of our representative form of government. ("Editorial: Missouri voters can and should stop two really bad ideas on the Aug. 4 ballot," May 27.)
Please join me in voting no on Amendment 4 in the August 4 election. ("Editorial: Missouri voters can and should stop two really bad ideas on the Aug. 4 ballot," May 27.)
Most historians with a Rome expertise cite a short list of primary factors for its decline. Leading up to Rome鈥檚 final days, wealthy Roman aristocrats were able to avoid paying imperial taxes, effectively starving the state of revenue. Sound familiar? The shrinking tax base was exacerbated b…
I have to laugh to myself, quietly, when I see the two proposed constitutional amendments on Missouri's August ballot. There is a relationship between the two that the party in power may not have intended to expose to public scrutiny. ("Editorial: Missouri voters can and should stop two real…
President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is the most egregious and blatant corrupt act ever perpetrated against the American taxpayer. ("Editorial: Missouri Republicans stay silent as Jan. 6 criminals eye tax-funded payouts," May 24.)
I have noticed, and it has been refreshing, to see the Post-Dispatch switch from Associated Press to Reuters for many of its news articles and analysis. As I see it, those articles have been far more balanced and less biased as well as providing more facts, background, and other information.…
Regarding "USPS suspends nonessential spending" (May 31 print edition), about the budget woes of the U.S. Postal Service because of the rise in digital communications: I understand as I have been paying my bills online for years.
Americans are struggling to make ends meet these days. Health care costs and insurance premiums are up. More and more families are priced out of the housing market. We have to hold our breath in the checkout lane at the supermarket. And then there's the cost of a gallon of gas.
We need a new moniker. "The best fans in baseball" doesn't quite fit anymore. The Cubs come to town and we don't sell out. When they played the Rangers on Monday, the stadium was less than half full, according to ESPN's reported attendance.
Opinion Features
Editorial: U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt's false attack on a constituent unleashes a torrent of MAGA abuse
Ballot language obscures who pays and who gains under Amendment 5
Boanerges Flores, who has lived and worked in the U.S. legally since arriving and applying for asylum in 2022, was arrested by ICE agents while attending a routine immigration hearing.
Like any technological revolution, this one has brought societal upheaval with it.
Local Columns
Our state just passed a major milestone. The federal government has now paid out more than $100 million to the Missouri families poisoned by their government鈥檚 reckless handling of nuclear waste.
According to an article last month in the Post-Dispatch ("Ameren CEO's pay jumped almost 50% last year. The company credits strong operations." May 12), Ameren paid its CEO, Marty Lyons, $14.1 million in compensation last year. This was a 44% increase from the $9.8 million Lyons received in …
I have worked as a pediatric infectious disease specialist in 最新杏吧原创 for almost 50 years. Many dramatic advances have occurred over the course of my career. The most impressive is the control of serious childhood diseases brought about by safe and effective vaccines.
馃帶 Large households once seemed ordinary. Today they often attract curiosity. The hosts discuss evolving norms around family size and personal fulfillment.
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