Video by Christian Cudnik
Jazz musician and educator Jerome Harris talks about the importance of teaching. See a larger version of this video and read a profile of Harris.
The presidential ransition still gets lots of attention, but the cartoonists are also looking at specific economic and social issues. Find the work of Scott Stantis, John Sherffius, Chris Britt, Marshall Ramsey and Mike Thompson inside.
Posted 5 p.m. Mon. Nov. 17 - This weekend, nearly a hundred St. Louisans, many of them high school students, will travel to Fort Benning, GA to protest the School of the Americas. Among its graduates are some of Latin America's most notorious dictators, guilty of some of the continent's most savage human rights violations. Rachel Heidenry, who participated in the protest while a student at Nerinx Hall and Bard College, describes the experience and took the photographs that accompany the story and are in a slideshow at the end of the article.
Posted, 1:20 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13 - Not often do the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court admit to such bafflement as they did on Wednesday when trying to decide if Pleasant Grove City, Utah has to add the 7 Aphorisms to the 10 Commandments in its city park.
Time for a celebration!
Today is the 80th birthday of one of Hollywood's most beloved creations: Mickey Mouse !
..while yesterday was the 30th anniversary of something they'd rather not talk about: Star Wars, The Holiday Special .
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