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The Land of Dred Scott: Scenes from our racist history

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • May 5, 2020

The nation’s fight about the meaning of America’s great promises of freedom and equality played out at St. Louis’.

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Press, candidates flub discussion of abortion, privacy and the courts

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • February 18, 2020

This month’s Democratic presidential debate descended into confusion when candidates discussed the Supreme Court and abortion. The candidates threw.

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Year three of Trump’s war on truth: Replacing enlightenment virtues with Dark Age fantasies

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • December 17, 2019

At the end of year three and on the verge of impeachment, Donald J. Trump is destroying Enlightenment principles.

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E.F. Porter Jr., iconoclastic Post-Dispatch reporter dies at 88

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • December 3, 2019

Eliot F. Porter Jr. was a one-of-a kind. He was a brilliant thinker and writer. He was crusty, cantankerous,.

News, Opinion

Left poses historic challenge to campus free speech and press

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • November 19, 2019

Today’s college journalists are caught in the vortex of an important national debate that threatens the vibrancy of free.

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