BREAKING: David Nicklaus Not The Expert He Purports To Be | Fired Up! Missouri

Two great letters to the editor in the Post-Dispatch today challenge David Nicklaus’ arguments and his ability to give a balanced analysis of raising the minimum wage.

Editorial: Legislature won't find success until voters clean it up | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Before Missouri legislative leaders pounded their gavels to end their annual session on Friday, Republican leaders already were declaring their five-month frat party a success.

Nearly half of Republican ‘Blueprint for Missouri’ heading to governor | Politicmo

When lawmakers convened in January for the 2012 session of the General Assembly, Republicans in the House announced a sweeping legislative agenda

Arizona threatens to take Obama off the ballot over birther theories | Ryan Witt, Examiner

The birther story has officially gone from a humorous sideshow to a matter of real concern that could influence the 2012 presidential election. Arizona is seen as a potentially key pickup for the Obama campaign in 2012, but now…

Chicago braces for NATO summit as protesters converge | St. Louis Beacon

Barricades surround the McCormick Place convention center. Armies of police, equipped with $1 million worth of new riot gear, are patrolling the streets.

2012 Missouri legislative session ends | St. Louis Public Radio

Missouri lawmakers have wrapped up the 2012 legislative session.  They passed 115 bills this year, nearly 50 of them on the final day alone.

Five Organizations Bringing Clean Cooking Technologies to the Developing World | Sustainablog

Cooking kills. That’s such a tough statement for those of us in the developed world to wrap our heads around, but, as the video above points out, billions of people in developing countries are still cooking food on inefficient indoor wood or charcoal stoves.

Check Out New Online Women’s Health Community | AFL-CIO

Our sisters at the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) want to get the word out about a new online women’s health community just launched by the non-profit group Healthy Women that CLUW has partnered with on many projects.

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Presents 'Othello,' a Tale of Race, Betrayal, Jealousy and Deceit | University City Patch

One of Justin Blanchard’s fondest memories from performing in the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis production of Hamlet two years ago is the time he spent talking with audience members after each show’s final curtain.

The odd but simple figures about unemployment | Occasional Planet

On the first Friday of each month, the U.S. Department of Labor announces job numbers and unemployment figures for the previous month. During the early months of 2012, the figures looked particularly good for the Obama Administration and Democrats.

Trolley on the Delmar Loop Might be Running as Early as 2013 | SLM Daily

Plans were unveiled last night at the Loop Trolley Community Meeting in University City that included construction for a new trolley transportation system in the Delmar Loop starting as early as this year and the system up and running as early as 2013.

VIDEO: Mitt Romney, ‘I stand by what I said, whatever it was’ | Ryan Witt, Examiner

Today Mitt Romney was confronted with questions about a report that a conservative super PAC was planning attacks against President Obama based on past associations with reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft Embraces His Inner Birther | St. Louis Activist Hub

Yesterday, Breitbart.com hyped another “We’re totally not birther, BUT…” campaign demanding that the media wastes even more time digging around the birther issue.

An Idea Worth Spreading: Income Inequality is a Serious Problem | Rebuild the Dream

I’m a big fan of TED. When it comes to promoting ideas worth spreading, there aren’t too many bigger players than the annual conference of visionaries and thinkers and all its related offshoots.

That’s why I was surprised when controversy broke about an income inequality talk by “super-rich” venture capitalist Nick Hanauer considered “Too Hot for TED.”

The anti-science promoted by the federal government regarding marijuana | Dangerous Intersection

Your doctor can prescribe morphine, but not marijuana. That’s how dangerous it supposedly is. The problem is that the government has consistently concocted bad science in order to villainize marijuana.