Hell-o again, everybody ! Harry Caray here along with Jack Buck and several well-heeled Cardinal fans who have nothing better to do than spend 10 hours each way to watch a couple of ball games here in London. True that, Harry. These fanatics possess that rare combination of both money and time to burn […]
Our City’s church spires stand as testaments to historic St. Louis’ remarkable growth, and the Catholic parish system that grew entwined with it. Today, church bells resonate with tales of the Catholic Church’s retrenchment when the St. Louis Archdiocese announced 35 church closures, and yet to be announced school closings. These stark realities converse the […]
Some critics once called Mike Shannon “the world’s luckiest man since Ringo Starr” when he was hired to work in the broadcast booth as color commentator with the legendary Jack Buck. Detractors called him “mush mouth” as his early radio voice lacked the refined articulations heard from seasoned broadcasters. But the green rookie learned […]
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The Earring
Hidden beneath the forest canopy of the Uncompahgre Wilderness, a single man pushes distance from the mechanized world that dogged him. A light wind stirs the aspen trees, their leaves sounding like feathered wings of wisp set off in flight. He stops at a snowmelt rivulet cascading down a mountain crease, and waits for his […]
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Now 75 years old, Bobby Orr secured legendary status for his dominance in the National Hockey League. However, his achievements remain a fact. Orr’s aura shone like a supernova that burned brighter than any star. His ‘Achilles’ knees ended his hockey career much too soon. Young Bobby. […]
We remember those special players who wore the “Birds on the Bat” and played significant roles in making the St. Louis Cardinals—winners of 19 pennants and 11 world championships—the National League’s premier franchise. Those players who led their teams to championships remain indelibly etched in our local culture as a baseball town. James Timothy McCarver […]
Karma: The Hindu belief that a force generated by a person’s actions perpetuates transmigration and its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person’s next existence. As with any religious belief, the nature of the karma that influenced the course of George Harrison’s existence during his time here on earth, and perhaps his spirit […]
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The Hinge of History
Stalingrad. A name and place forever linked with the Red Army’s defeat of Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht, which marked the end of the German advance into Russia. Winston Churchill deemed the denouement of World War II’s epic battle as the ‘hinge of history’. Indeed, the front line of the war that swung east into Russia would […]
Church steeples cast evening shadows across St. Louis highways as retreating commuters sail home to safe suburban harbors. These spires stand as testaments to our historic City’s remarkable growth while their church bells resonate with tales of urban decline. Many city churches have already closed while still more stand on the precipice as the St. […]
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Extinguish the Death Penalty
The recent execution of Kevin Johnson by lethal injection conjures Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, The Idiot where the story’s protagonist describes how he would paint a picture of a guillotine execution that he witnessed in France, which still proves apt today: “……the convict’s face as white as paper; the priest holding up the cross, the man […]