stltoday.com (Opinion) Media Bias for Past 90 Days

Top letters: Call Trump for disaster aid. Isn't he still the president?

politics

Regarding "Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows" (Feb. 20): Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently made an urgent plea to President Joe Biden for financial aid for the millions of Texans in crisis because of the recent storm.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 28, 2021

Brian Kaylor: Missouri rushes to honor Limbaugh but ignores civil rights hero C.T. Vivian

crime, law and justice

C.T. Vivian, left, leads a prayer on the courthouse steps in Selma, Ala. on Feb. 5, 1965, after Sheriff James Clark, background with helmet, stopped him at the door with a court order. Vivian led hundreds of demonstrators armed with petitions asking longer voter registration hours. Clark arrested them when they refused to disperse.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 27, 2021

Letter: Editorial Board unfair in treatment of Tishaura Jones

crime, law and justice

Regarding the editorial “A city in a crime crisis can’t afford a mayor who treats police as the enemy” (Feb. 23): The Post-Dispatch has for years projected animosity toward St. Louis mayoral candidate Tishaura Jones, and now it’s clear that the Editorial Board just plain does not like her. No longer does the newspaper try to foist her father’s illegal adventures on her, opting instead for new rationalizations for opposition. Regrettably, Jones did not participate in the Editorial Board’s online debate or submit an op-ed. This must be taken in the context of the newspaper’s hostility toward her. The editorial attached to Jones a “taint of corrupt practices.” That’s fine to bring up unless there’s someone else a bit tainted, as projected in Tony Messenger’s later column.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 27, 2021

Letter: Sens. Blunt and Hawley succumbed to self-delusion

For me, the most dangerous outcome of Donald Trump’s trial isn’t that Republicans acquitted a guilty man or that they lied about voter fraud. It’s also not about a Missouri senator fist-pumping the rioters. The most dangerous outcome is that Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley are lying to themselves about the seriousness the insurrection posed to the integrity of our constitutional democracy.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 21, 2021

Editorial: Profiting off the pain of addicts and their families

A growing body of evidence suggests that America’s opioid addicts are being victimized twice — first by the industry that helped get them hooked and then by the industry that purports to rehabilitate them. Across the country, business has exploded at addiction-treatment centers that gladly take the money of addicts and their families while the owners reap millions of dollars in profits.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 21, 2021

Editorial: We recommend Lewis Reed and Cara Spencer in the St. Louis mayoral primary

politics

The March 2 St. Louis mayoral primary is going to break a lot of old rules regarding how voters select the candidates to compete in the general election. So we’re going to break some rules, too. Since voters now can select multiple primary candidates, we’re recommending not one but two who are most worthy of the office. And Thursday’s op-ed page breaks another longstanding rule: Normally we reject op-ed submissions from candidates for office. This time, we’ve asked all four candidates to identify the one problem facing St. Louis that deserves priority attention, and then to explain how each would address that problem.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 17, 2021

Janet Y. Jackson: Ever recoiled at a Black repairman at the door? Better check those biases.

Now, as a Black woman, the color of his skin was totally immaterial to me. I’d scheduled the appointment. He arrived at the appointed time, in a company van and uniform, having called me on his way. I
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 11, 2021

Dan Connors: The consequences of being wrong

Jacob Anthony Chansley, who also goes by the name Jake Angeli, a QAnon believer speaks to a crowd of Donald Trump's supporters outside of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, where votes in the general election were being counted in Phoenix on Nov. 5.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Feb 06, 2021

Letter: A peaceful transfer of power needed for country to go on

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 31, 2021

Some lawmakers need expulsion; Limbaugh doesn't deserve place of honor: Top letters

politics

Regarding the editorial "Republicans in Congress who attacked democracy deserve censure, not removal" (Jan. 12): I completely disagree with the Editorial Board on Rep. Cori Bush's call to expel members of Congress who opposed the certification of the Nov. 3 election. It's been alleged several GOP House members tweeted the location of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the failed coup attempt at the Capitol. And some Republican House members are refusing to even go through a metal detector. Several Democratic members stated that they were in fear, not only from the insurrectionists, but from their GOP colleagues.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 25, 2021

Letter: Ship Confederate statues to Mar-A-Lago’s front lawn

So I suggest we deliver all the country’s terror-inspired Confederate monuments to his new home. Then his supporters would be able to visit and keep Trump’s dream reality show alive. Goodbye and good
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 24, 2021

Editorial: Racial rift may cost Democrats control of St. Louis County — and beyond

A group of Black elected officials led by then-St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Hazel Erby (center) announces the formation of a Democratic Party coalition to counter "disrespect" of elected officials toward African-American causes during a press conference at Berkeley City Hall on Sept. 17, 2014.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 24, 2021

Letter: Independent judiciary, free press saved our country

Regarding “For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity” (Jan. 20): Now that the most corrupt and defective administration in our country’s history has officially ended, I want to say thank you to two institutions, without which we in all probability would have seen our grand democratic experiment come to an end.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 23, 2021

Antonio French: To Black Dems, white progressive behavior looks frustratingly familiar

social issue

In St. Louis County, the two Black women on the County Council are engaged in a political — and now legal — fight with fellow Democrat Lisa Clancy, D-5th District, after the self-described progressive attempted to go around both women to retain control of the powerful position of council chair. Rita Days, D-1st District, and 4th District Democrat Shalonda Webb joined with Republicans Tim Fitch and Mark Harder to form a majority to seize power back from Clancy and elect Days as chair. Clancy, an ally of Democratic County Executive Sam Page, is now suing her fellow Democrats to remove Days and reclaim the spot.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 23, 2021

Letter: Filthy streets and illegal dumps can lead to more crime

Debris lies scattered across empty property lots in Wellston on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, behind the Normandy High School athletic field. The now scarcely populated neighborhood, made up of parcels mainly owned by the St. Louis County LCRA, has become a prime target for illegal dumping in the neighborhood nicknamed, "Lulu Heights." Wellston seeks buyers for the land to spur development. But St. Louis County has no mechanism to sell its holdings to Wellston, residents or businesses. Photo by Christian Gooden, [email protected]
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 22, 2021

Colleen M. Wasinger: St. Louis County Council devolves into unnecessary chaos

As a former St. Louis County Council member who represented the 3rd District for 12 years and a member of the 2019 Charter Commission, I found watching the latest dysfunction play out regarding council leadership to be mind-numbing. I served on the council during the tumultuous leadership of County Executive Steve Stenger. I thought we had nowhere to go but up. Sadly, in St. Louis County, the political gamesmanship continues.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 18, 2021

Letter: Forget white supremacist accusations and find solutions

Regarding the editorial “Republicans in Congress who attacked democracy deserve censure, not removal” (Jan. 12): The 30-second harangue by newly elected Rep. Cori Bush, during which she referred to President Donald Trump as the “white supremacist-in-chief,” was a strong opening act for our representative. But like many, I expect more than just political grandstanding for a national TV audience during impeachment proceedings.
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 17, 2021

Letter: Sen. Hawley and Rep. Hill violated the 14th Amendment

politics

FILE - In this May 13, 2020 file photo provided by the Missouri House of Representatives, Missouri state Rep. Justin Hill speaks on the Missouri House floor during debate on May 13, 2020, in Jefferson City, Mo. Lawmakers from at least a half-dozen states attended or observed the massive demonstrations in Washington that turned into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. Republican state Rep. Justin Hill of Missouri said he went to Washington to object to the Electoral College votes of several states confirming Biden's election, but didn't participate in the demonstrations. (Tim Bommel/Missouri House of Representatives via AP, File)
stltoday.com (Opinion)     Jan 16, 2021