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"Unelectable"---that word is meant as a death knell for any political candidate. It shows that they’re out of touch with the common man, too extreme, or

Celebrate 200 years of Missouri history in Phelps County The Rolla Daily News In celebration of Missouri’s 2021 bicentennial, Rolla High School, Rolla Public Library, the St. James Chamber of Commerce and Missouri University of Science and Technology will be holding events commemorating the 200th anniversary of Missouri’s entry as the 24th state to the United States. Here’s a lineup of area events where residents can explore the milestones that have shaped the community, region and the entire state. Dewey Defeats Truman with A.J. Baime New York Times best-selling author A.J. Baime joins...

Viewed from outside the Beltway bubble and Alice’s political looking glass, what Biden has done and proposed so far seems competitive with the disruptions of 1776 and 1933. In 1776, and opposed by a majority of colonists in the New World, America declared its independence from King George III and Britain noting “that when government becomes destructive, it is the right of the people to alter and abolish it and establish a new one.” In 1933, President Roosevelt confronted the Great Depression with the New Deal, which ultimately transformed America, laying the foundation for social an...

OCTOBER 17--It's not exactly "Dewey Defeats Truman," but the New York Post made a colossal error today on its editorial page. The paper somehow printed an editorial bemoaning last night's Yankees loss to the Boston Red Sox, noting that the "Curse of the Bambino boomeranged this year" and that the Bronx Bombers "couldn't get the job done at home." The editorial concluded, "Wait'll next year!" Obviously, the Post piece was drafted while the Yanks were trailing the Sox, but was--unbelievably--not yanked when the club tied the game in the eighth inning and won it on Aaron Boone's walkoff home run...

This is what local journalism is all about. Each year, I challenge SouthCoasters to read 100 books in a year to make my BookLovers Century Club. Reading 25-49 books would qualify you for the Quarter-Century Club, and 50-99 books, the Half-Century Club.  Each year, our Club grows.  I am one lucky columnist. Remember: this isn’t a competition. It’s not about the numbers.  This is about the act of reading every day. Of losing yourself in good books and expanding your mind. If you’re reading every day, it doesn’t matter if you get 25 books or 300…Yes, we have Triple Century Club Mem...