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Bad apples or bad trees? Print E-mail
By Steve Lawler, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 October 2008 )
 

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Bad actors or bad institutions? As we lurch through the current economic crisis and listen to candidates, how do we make sense of what is happening? Do we assign blame? Steve Lawler helps think through an approach to understanding tough times.

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Is Sarah Palin a victim of sexism? Not in the way you might think Print E-mail
By Lana Stein, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 October 2008 )
 

After her triumphant introduction at the Republican National Convention, vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin was brought back to earth rather abruptly by a less than awed reaction to her interviews with the media. Was criticism of Palin a result of sexism? Political scientist Lana Stein says the issue may be more complex than that.
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Sarah Palin outsmarted them Print E-mail
By Don Meissner, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Monday, 20 October 2008 )
 

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McDonnell Scholars speak out on international issues Print E-mail
By Seven graduate students   
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
 

The McDonnell International Scholars Academy brings together young leaders who have been admitted to a graduate or professional degree program at Washington University. These students work together and with top American scholars across institutions to examine issues in energy, the envronment, cultural understanding and health. This summer, members of the current class distilled their thinking about specific topics into short articles.

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McCain has a lot riding on vice presidential debate Print E-mail
By Joel K. Goldstein, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 October 2008 )
 

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Writing in The Presidential Debate Blog, Professor Joel Goldstein of the St. Louis University School of Law notes that tonight's debate will be a reckoning for Sen. John McCain. Did his selection of Gov. Sarah Palin put the country's interest first?

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Lessons from Chicago Print E-mail
By Dan Jay, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
 

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A St. Louis architect talks about what he brought back from the recent RCGA-sponsored trip to Chicago: Move quickly, focus on basics and think big.

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A lesson in political civility and serious discourse Print E-mail
By Joel K. Goldstein, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 23 September 2008 )
 

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When Edmund Muskie spoke to the elite of St. Louis Democrats in 1968, he didn't feed them what they wanted to hear -- even though the Humphrey-Muskie campaign was having trouble raising money --  and he challenged them to reach out to disgruntled youth. 

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Economic storm was years in the making Print E-mail
By Robert Cropf, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Monday, 22 September 2008 )
 

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Neither the full effects of the financial crisis nor the full costs of the bailout are know. St. Louis University professor Robert Cropf explains that we do know that "hundreds of billions" is conservative and that something had to be done.

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Downtown St. Louis doesn't need more parking Print E-mail
By Matthew Mourning, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Friday, 19 September 2008 )
 

parking100.jpgThat Thompson Coburn is staying downtown is good news. That it is getting a new parking garage is not. Community development student, Matthew Mourning explains that St. Louis has more parking than is healthy for a vibrant urban core.
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The Start of a New Cold War? Print E-mail
By James V. Wertsch, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Friday, 19 September 2008 )
 

Is the United States on the verge of a new cold war with Russia? Several recent events suggest that Russia is becoming more aggressive and eager to recover its lost stature as a world power. While there may be a chill in U.S.-Russian relations, James V. Wertsch warns, though, that it would be a major mistake to view it as a repeat of the last cold war.
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  • National
    • Bill Ayers apologizes? Well, not really. And what he should be saying right now is thank you to Barack Obama for putting him back in the limelight. | Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

    • Has Obama really quit smoking? Maybe not: So he's not a superman. Neither are we. In a democracy, that is a good thing for ruler and ruled to know they have in common. | Michael Kinsley, Washington Post

    • Can the Republican Party expand as long as it remains bound to religion? As Kathleen Parker says, the "Republican Party -- and conservatism with it -- eventually will die out unless religion is returned to the privacy of one's heart where it belongs." | Washington Post

    • The totals are in in Florida. And the one with the most write in votes was Hillary Clinton with 234. Jesus got 23 votes, and Willie Nelson 1. Check out the entire list at Ben Smith's Blog. | Politico

    • Obama sends mixed signals on transparency: Does he really want to apply sunlight to the often shadowy depths of the executive branch, or is it merely a very good marketing campaign? | Chris Soghoian/CNET

  • World
    • Heading toward recovery? G-20 summit may not have solved the economic crisis, but it produced a good weekend of world that sets a basis. | The Economist

    • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave a state of the nation address the day after the U.S. election, which he said nothing about. He did refer to the United States as being to blame for two problems Russia would not back down from: war in Georgia and the world economic crisis. | The Economist

    • The U.S.-Iraq strike into Syria is yet another dangerous step by the Bush administration. One must hope that the damage will be limited until George W. Bush goes back to his ranch in Texas. | The Daily Star, Lebanon

    • Bombings throughout India should call the government to act agressively against terrorism. | The Times of India

    • The tragedy of Rwanda erupts again in Congo. What needs to be done? | The Economist

 
  • Region
    • Tobacco settlement money up in smoke - well, not quite. In fact, Missouri's getting better. It's not 49 instead of 50 in the rankings of the amount of money states spend on tobacco-use prevention, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The state needs to do a lot better. | The Joplin Globe

    • Three cheers for Wayne Goode. SE Missourian publishers says it's a critical time for Missouri's budget and Wayne Goode is the right person for the job. | Gary Rust

    • Where's the support for real clean-coal technology? The Illinois Senate should pass a bill that would further research and development of an possible clean-coal plant at Taylorville. | State Journal Register, Springfield, IL

    • Will Illinois listen to its comptroller?  Dan Hynes says the state's backlog of unpaid bills has reached $4 billion. But what are state senators worrying about? A leadership battle. | Springfield State Journal-Register

    • What will the administration of Gov. Jay Nixon mean for Missouri? The Kansas City Star also looks at initiatives that won and lost in that area.

  • U.S. Elections
    • How did newspapers display the election result? Take a look at a selection. | Robb Montgomery

    • What did the GOP do wrong? The Washington Post gathers thoughts from Ed Rogers, Carter Eskew, Alex Castellanos, Douglas Schoen, Linda Chavez, Geoff Garin, Greg Mueller and Dick Morris.

    • Aftr an election - and before the political battled begin anew - Americans should have one response to the result: Hail to the Chief. | Michael Gerson, townhall.com

    • Oh, oh, it looks as though Missouri's reputation as a bellwether state is about to go away. | Chris Suellentrop in The New York Times

    • The United States just gave America an example of what democracy means and how to conduct an election. | Haaretz , Jerusalem

Jazz with Jerome Harris

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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

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    M.W. Guzy notes that a case can be made that the financial problem started when Congress required credit-card companies to charge a minimum payment that actually included principal as well as interest. So, shouldn't Washington get to the root of the problem?

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    In his much-maligned "malaise" speech, President Jimmy Carter spoke of a "crisis of the American spirit" and a Congress paralyzed by special interests. He warned that shared sacrifice had been "abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends." Those warnings hold true. The United States needs to come to terms with its lowered economic position and restore its moral leadership.

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    soa100puppet.jpgPosted 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.

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    suburban138chevy.jpgThe Big Three automakers may well be facing drastic, forced reorganization, but they do not have the same compelling case for a government bailout as the financial sector had. Business professor Anjan Thakor explains the difference.

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