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2001 Stories by D.J. Wilson

• In the Line of Fire

  published December 26, 2001

  Olivette is a lovely little burg, with its 7,438 residents nestled in the three-and-a-half square miles between the Innerbelt and Lindbergh... More >>

• News Clipped

  published December 19, 2001

  Bob Hyland is as dead as Julius Caesar, and the radio empire he left behind isn't doing so hot, either. The rate of KMOX radio's... More >>

• Party Disloyalty

  published December 12, 2001

  The old cliché about St. Louis city politics is that there are two political parties: white Democrats and black Democrats. The more... More >>

• Married to the Job

  published December 5, 2001

  A gaggle of media, plus a few city marshals, showed up at Friday's meeting of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen in the hope or fear that some... More >>

• Cop Out

  published November 28, 2001

  No one need wonder why a sensible person would flee the experience of being a "colonel" on the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. It's a... More >>

• Board Games

  published November 21, 2001

  On the bench, the often imperious St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. presides, paging through legal documents and appearing... More >>

• Sex, Guys and Videotape

  published November 21, 2001

  Hits just keep coming every night on the television news, but sweeps weeks produce vintage material, à la American Top 40 With... More >>

• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

  published November 7, 2001

  Maybe it would have been better if KMOX's John Carney had tried a different toupee joke on the king of annoying ads, Ray Vinson. In... More >>

• He Got Game

  published October 31, 2001

  Walking around the plaza level of the Savvis Center during halftime of the NBA exhibition game on Oct. 16, it was clear that this was no hockey... More >>

• Pooling the Money

  published October 24, 2001

  Years from now, when people stop at Sappington and Watson roads in Crestwood to buy a Croft & Barrow sweater or a pair of Sonoma jeans at the... More >>

• Citizen Callow

  published October 17, 2001

  Richard Callow is no stranger to City Hall, and his fingerprints are all over the place. The guerilla publicist takes great pride -- and... More >>

• Patriot Games

  published October 10, 2001

  As it crawls from the wreckage of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the one faint good thing the media may escape with is an abandonment,... More >>

• Broken Promise

  published October 3, 2001

  Cops don't have normal jobs. They're the only ones in civil society allowed to use violence against fellow citizens. That's not a bad thing when... More >>

• Pledging Allegiance

  published September 19, 2001

  With all the media hand-wringing over 9-11 day, about how America Under Attack/ America on Alert/America United/America Rising would never be the... More >>

• More Than Just Race

  published September 12, 2001

  In the land that time forgot, the city, just about every issue seemingly relates to race. But there are other aspects to ward redistricting, such... More >>

• Terminal Lethargy

  published September 5, 2001

  Bi-State's always whining about not having enough money to do what needs to be done. It's a decent defense when talking about the provincial... More >>

• Living on a Thin Line

  published September 5, 2001

  From the looks of things, with the late-model Ford F-150 extended-cab pickup truck in the driveway, the Scooby-Doo flag flapping in the breeze out... More >>

• Board Games

  published August 22, 2001

  All is not well with the St. Louis Board of Education, and that's not altogether a bad thing. Comfort isn't a luxury this board can afford, what... More >>

• Something Has to Give

  published August 15, 2001

  By ending 22 weekday routes, most of them serving St. Louis County, Bi-State appears to be biting the suburban hand that feeds the beleaguered bus... More >>

• Fine Print

  published August 8, 2001

  A magnifying glass comes in handy at a used-car lot -- it's good for examining the fine print in those contracts. If a buyer is at Daniel Schmitt... More >>

• Vocal Yokels

  published August 1, 2001

  There are so many Bosnians in St. Louis that when the International Festival held a soccer tournament in Tower Grove Park in June, the Bosnians... More >>

• You're in St. Louis Now

  published July 25, 2001

  Questions of journalistic ethics sometimes can be momentous, but more often they present tedious dilemmas. Rarely is the decision whether to hand... More >>

• This Czechvar's for You

  published July 18, 2001

  After 49 years, the wait is almost over for Joseph Sulz of South St. Louis: Budvar is coming. Make that Czechvar. But not Budweiser. That... More >>

• Tyus Up

  published July 11, 2001

  One of the main maxims associated with the old Daley machine in Chicago was "Don't make no waves, don't back no losers." A book with that title... More >>

• The Transit Authority

  published July 4, 2001

  Ralph Kramden never went to college, much less graduate school. The beleaguered bus driver played by Jackie Gleason in the vintage sitcom The... More >>