Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Sometimes I write things for St. Louis Public Radio. Here’s what I wrote this week. Catching up on events in Ferguson How much could Missouri make from legalizing pot? Historian explores St. Louis’ 250-year past in new book After Rosie the Riveter: Labor, women’s movements seek fairness, justice Camp gives young burn survivors “opportunity of… Continue reading My stories: Week ending Sept. 26
Sometimes in the quest for perfection, you have to break a few eggs. On Tuesday, Space Architecture and Design hosted an egg-drop fundraiser as part of St. Louis Design Week. Teams worked to build a capsule that would protect an egg as it was dropped from 15 feet. Eggs that survived were dropped again from… Continue reading Architecture firm breaks a few eggs to help students
St. Louis’ new professional soccer club won’t start playing for a few more months, but the team announced today that its games will be broadcast on KTRS (550 AM). @550KTRS just announced that we will be the voice of STL's newest professional team St Louis FC @stlouisfcfan . First game in 6 months — McGraw… Continue reading STL’s pro soccer team announces broadcast partner
Monday night’s Ferguson town hall meetings were limited to Ferguson residents. Ahead of the meetings, city council members and city leaders said they would clear up “misconceptions” about the city. Members of the media were not allowed to participate, a restriction that Ferguson spokesman Devin James said was imposed by the Department of Justice’s Community… Continue reading Ferguson journalist shares details of closed town hall meeting
The Gateway Arch is St. Louis’ most photographed monument. A sample of the photos shared Sunday on Instagram: