Thursday, October 1st, Cindy Sheehan arrived in St. Louis, armed with righteous indignation and her new book, "Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution!" Still recovering from flu severe enough to require a hospital visit; Sheehan explained her case for 'revolution,' from a...

"Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity, and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize that right." -- Cardinal Joseph Bernadin

While most persons of conscience would agree with this sentiment, there is enormous disagreement...

According to the latest polling reported in Taegan Goddard's Political Wire; Obama and McCain find themselves at a classic 'Mexican standoff,' in the battleground state of Missouri. The most recent Public Policy Polling Survey reported that both candidates are tied in a dead heat at 49%. A 'key finding' of...

If the classic 'Tale of Two Cities' were ever to become a modern sitcom --- St. Louis could well be the setting. Just this past week, as politicos spread across the city for votes, the presidential candidates keynoted events, though in very different venues, and each event spoke...

Just this past week Congressman John Lewis found himself in the middle of a Gordian knot. While the McCain-Palin team was inciting incipient bigots to riot; Congressman Lewis had the AUDACITY to ...tell the truth. After several weeks of suffering through Sarah Palin's vapid commentary as the perennial 'hockey mom'...

Washington University in St. Louis was the setting for the Vice Presidential Debate yesterday evening. Picture perfect, against a sedate Midwestern sunset, barricades were erected and helicopters flew overhead in an Orwellian version of 'freedom lite.' While luxury chartered busses escorted Wash. U. alumnus and various other sundry elites; citizen...

Recently Chris Hedges wrote an article in Truthout entitled: The Corporate State and the Subversion of Democracy. Hedges described the systematic, de facto dismantling of the US Constitution, stemming from a series of unconstitutional 'laws', obediently supported by both Democrats and Republicans. As I read further, I realized the legislative...

Mother's Day was established in 1870 by anti-war activist Julia Ward-Howe. The years following the Civil War were characterized by continual violence. Although the armistice and surrender had been signed by General Lee, many mercenary soldiers were still actively engaging in guerrilla warfare against civilians. Veterans from both sides were...

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963). Never were wiser or more prophetic words spoken. Now in 2008, we are faced with a legislative proposal based on fear, ignorance and the very stupidity spoken of in...

We are entering a new age, one in which we are seeing the 'inevitability of democracy.' On a frigid February night in St. Louis, crowds gathered outside the music building at Washington University, not to hear a concert, but to protest loudly their revulsion towards the speaker of the...

What is the similarity between Campbell's Soup, and the current presidential candidates this election cycle? Both offer 'canned' goods, with the politicos giving speeches vetted by PR firms and focus groups, filled to the mouth watering brim with politically correct slogans, all served up with a tasty dollop of...

The following piece is part of the Huffington Post's OffTheBus project.

Senator Claire McCaskill, elected in the Congressional landslide takeover by Dems in 2006, campaigned on ending the Iraq War. Like most Dems, ending the Iraq quagmire was central to her election. While major campaign giants...