On Saturday night, St. Louis will be the place to be. Not only will Don King roll into the Savvis Center with one of the largest and most-publicized local sporting events in recent history, but Soulard and Laclede’s Landing will serve as ground zero for the nations’s second-largest Mardi Gras celebration. While the city is […]
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Unbelievable blackness
The title of Ken Burns’ powerful documentary about the early twentieth- century African-American boxer Jack Johnson, which aired last week on the Public Broadcasting Network, was Unforgivable Blackness. But, as I watched it, I thought a title equality appropriate to describe this extraordinary individual would be “Unbelievable Blackness.” Born into dire poverty, the son of […]
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Cruisin Q & A: Roadrunner Blues
Q: I just read your advice to the guy who thinks he is going to find a Roadrunner with a 440 Six Pack that needs work and is cheap. I laughed at it, but was irritated at the same time. I have a 1969 Roadrunner convertible with a four speed. Someone replaced the original 383 […]
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Did Michael Jackson do it?
Well, Michael Jackson is about to have his day in court. He says he’s innocent and people are out to get him and his money. Others say he’s guilty and getting what he deserves. What do you all think? What do I think? I think if Mike goes to jail, his daddy should go to […]
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Time to bite the ballot
U.S. elections, Iraqi elections n it should be crystal clear that a vote is a powerful tool to empower or disempower individuals, parties and military dictatorships. A lot of energy and money is used to both to suppress and intimidate voters, as well as to get out the vote. In most instances, there is a […]
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Greendale groundbreaking
Even with the temperature in the teens, the City of Greendale attracted about 15 residents on Sunday, January 16, when St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, state Sen. Rita Days and state Rep. Esther Haywood joined city officials for a groundbreaking ceremony for a new park and pavilion, with funding from the St. Louis County […]
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Bridging the digital divide
“We see the benefit and the importance that all people have access to technology. That is the only way we will bridge the digital divide,” said Hill, 43, a licensing executive for Microsoft, where he develops world licensing and pricing for the multi-billion dollar company based in Seattle, Wash. Hill works for Microsoft from its […]
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Tapping into your harvest
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter and day and night shall not cease.” Gen. 8:22 (Amplified Bible) Over the next four weeks I will be sharing a series on Harvest Time. I firmly believe that God wants to pour out multiple blessings upon His people during the year […]
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Breaking down Spinks-Judah I
When the doors of the Savvis Center are unlocked this Saturday afternoon, employees of the arena will brace themselves for a flood of enthusiastic fight fans eager to experience St. Louis’ first big-time boxing spectacle in decades. Our town will borrow some of Sin City’s magic, as the section of Clark Street that stretches past […]
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Jonas Hubbard Jr.
The Rev. Jonas Hubbard Jr., a retired minister in East St. Louis, died Jan. 8 of natural causes at his home in St. Louis. He was 87. The Rev. Mr. Hubbard was born in Coldwater, Miss. He moved to St. Louis in 1940 and joined the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. He was ordained in 1966. […]