Stormwater: The Sexy New Design Challenge
The age of conquest is over. Today’s zigzag of droughts and deluges is forcing us to see water more humbly.
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What the Black Exodus Says About Us
Nobody in the U.S. government is even counting the Black people who are emigrating, let alone seeing them as refugees. That would make us look like the countries we prefer to deride.
Prettying Up the Manhattan Project
Activist Denise Brock, who singlehandedly made it possible for more than 6,500 St. Louis uranium workers (or their widows) to receive $200 million in compensation, now has horrific medical issues herself.
Second Day of January 6th Hearings More Propulsive
Former White House Political Director Bill Stepien, from the January 6th hearings, courtesy US House The second day of hearings by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol was held yesterday. The focus of its argument was tighter than on…
An Opera That Ought to Terrify Us
The world premiere of "Awakenings" at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis was powerfully moving, and so were its three backstories.
A Film Crew’s Wistful Take on the Midwest
When the crew arrived, tumbling out of a giant van, they thanked us for opening our home. Fair enough; we seldom clean. But they kept talking about our home, which is cozy but hardly striking.
Six Reasons the First Hearing of the Jan. 6th Committee Did Not Go Well
General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in taped testimony in the first night of hearings, courtesy US House The first of the public hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol aired on multiple platforms tonight.
Aspic, Really?
Within its cool glop sit pieces of meat or fish, eggs or veggies. The original idea was to preserve them, sealing out air and bacteria. A liver pate, for example, turns crusty when exposed to air, but encase it in aspic and it will stay as fresh as a mummy.
There Be Demons
In modernity, that external force crawled into our skull; we speak of inner demons, including addictions, compulsions, and voices of doom or self-mockery. The shift is not as dramatic as it seems: in the second century, Clement of Alexandria was already noting how easily we can be possessed by our own appetites.
You Can Be My Wingman Any Time
“Top Gun: Maverick,” the second movie in the now-franchise, broke the Memorial Day weekend record for a movie release and is Tom Cruise’s new “biggest domestic box-office debut,” earning $550 million globally in only a week. Somewhere there are admirals celebrating the range of their wingmen.