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Tanning to death? It won't happen to me Print E-mail
By Lea Harrell, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Thursday, 31 July 2008 )
 

sunburn100lightsoutfilms.jpg The Beacon asked the Helium writing community to respond to George Johnson's July 9 On Science column about the dangers of tanning. Many of those who wrote agreed with this author, who said she heard the warnings but figured that bad things happened to others, not to her. (photo from lightsoutfilms | Flickr)

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After the flood: Not business as usual Print E-mail
By Rebecca Wodder, Special to the Beacon   
 

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American Rivers outlines its proposal for what should be done in the wake of the recent flooding. The eight recommendations includes "Do No Harm."

(photo by Rachel Heidenry | The Beacon

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Hot dogs, Budweiser and the need to stop worrying about outsourcing jobs Print E-mail
By Ryan D. Harris, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 July 2008 )
 

hotdog100.jpg The skills that make you a valuable employee will serve you well in the face of layoffs or company closures. As jobs contract in one part of the economy because of efficiencies, new opportunities open. For instance, if you can make more hot dogs without an increase in spending, the market will create a demand for more buns.

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Obama in Berlin: He came, he saw, he conquered Print E-mail
By Julia Gross Gloeckner, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Friday, 25 July 2008 )
 

obama100flickr.jpgSen. Barack Obama addressed an adoring, enthusiastic crowd of roughly 200,000 in Berlin on Thursday. Germans, especially younger Germans, see the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee as the opposite of current President George W. Bush -- and a potential healer of the transatlantic rift caused by the war in Iraq. (Photo by Matt Ortega | Flickr)
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Don't rebuild on the floodplain Print E-mail
By Gloria Donaldson, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 July 2008 )
 

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After the destruction caused by flooding this year, isn't it time that citizens and government get together and get development off the floodplain? The Beacon chose this article from more than 30 pieces written in response to a question based on an article by Professor Robert Criss posted through Helium.com . Helium invites entries from writers all over the world.

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To fix Fannie and Freddie remove the moral hazard Print E-mail
By Rik Hafer, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 )
 

fannie87mae.jpgfredmac100.jpgNot only are the mortgage giants "too big to fail," they have always functioned with the implicit guarantee that the government would bail them out. This safety net leads to risk taking. 

 

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San Luis apartments, a Modern gem, can be new again Print E-mail
By William Wischmeyer, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 July 2008 )
 

san100luis.jpgLandmarks president William Wischmeyer asks why anyone should tear down the San Luis Apartments to make for a parking lot when the former motor hotel could be reborn as student apartments and the existing parking spaces used by an area high school?

 

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Can a Clydesdale pull his weight in a global economy? Print E-mail
By Florence Shinkle, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Monday, 14 July 2008 )
 

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Measured by scales of quality, quantity and mythology, the Budweiser Clydesdales are as much  symbols of St. Louis as the Arch, simply because of their association with the King of Beers, whose world headquarters is on Pestalozzi Street. Will Carlos Brito hold them in as high esteem as the legendary August A. Busch Jr. (right, photo from the St. Louis Cardinals)?

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Will Hillary's supporters embrace Barack? Print E-mail
By Lana Stein, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 July 2008 )
 

hillarynail.jpgIt's too early to know whether disaffected Hillary Clinton voters might take the election away from Barack Obama. But political scientist Lana Stein looks at why some women may sit out the general election if they don't actually vote for Republican John McCain.
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Universities should step up to lead the region Print E-mail
By John Roach, Special to the Beacon   
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 July 2008 )
 

Civic Progress served the region well, but changes in the corporate and banking world created a need for a new leaders. The obvious place to look is to the higher education system, writes lawyer John Roach.
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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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    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.

  • Beacon Columnists

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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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