Van Dyke Parks doesn't give interviews; he speaks in pull-quotes and aphorisms. If Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker had spent their formative years among rock & roll royalty, as Parks did as an arra... »
Mark Twain biographer and Hannibal native Ron Powers has weighed in on the debate over whether Rush Limbaugh should be enshrined in the Hall of Famous Missourians. Powers does not like the idea one bit, according to a blog he wrote for CNN: (Speaker of... »
Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to know what her constituents think about Speaker of the House Steve Tilley's decision to honor Rush Limbaugh with a bust in the Hall of Famous Missourians. The following e-mail message was sent Friday. Rush Limbaugh infuria... »
So I leave Missouri for a week and guess what happens when my back is, figuratively speaking, turned? The Speaker of the Missouri House, Steve Tilley, decides that Rush Limbaugh, who just made headlines for particularly vile behavior in regard to women... »
By Guest Blogger Dave Carter (Currently working as a long haul truck driver, Dave is also a contributing writer at Ricochet.com.) “What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.” Thus did Mark …... »
My second oldest daughter takes dancing at Little Flower, a Catholic school over in Richmond Heights. Found this bad mansard right behind the parish facing west. I thought there'd be way more bad mansards in that neighborhood (bound by Clayton Road, Bi... »
A new candidate has emerged in this year’s presidential race, and while his thoughts and theories aren’t always politically correct, they are always entertaining. The Mark Twain for President Campaign is making its way across the U.S., and a lengthy pr... »
With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story. »
