Guest column by Bill Katz: The haves and have-nots

The St Louis National Bar Association hosted the  “President’s Dinner” and all were invited including us vendors. I sell art. The food was good and that is why we went in. When I go on the road, I quickly revert to my “hunter & gatherer” origins (when we walked and hardly talked) and readily seek …

St. Louis archbishop says: “No cookies for you!” (Read to the end, though.)

(I stole both that headline and the link from Leftover, so thank you, Leftover.) St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson has suggested that parishes within the sound of his voice reconsider their relationships with the venerable girls’ organization. Says the archbishop in a letter on Feb. 18: “Girl Scouts is exhibiting a troubling pattern of behavior …

They’re burning churches in St. Louis

Arson is suspected in six church fires in the St. Louis area. Prayers are well and good, but what’s needed is some really good detective work, and some people who know who did this to come forward. A 2012 arson at a mosque in my home state was committed by this guy, who confessed. He also …

Read “Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equality”

The report was issued on Monday by the Ferguson Commission, a diverse 16-member volunteer group charged with looking at Ferguson and beyond, post-Michael Brown’s death. I’ve started my way back through it a second time, and I have to tell you, the report takes a deep dive into race and makes, by its own count, 189 calls to …