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1999 Stories by Ray Hartmann

• Guns and Poses

  published May 26, 1999

  It might not be as entertaining to Americans as violent programming on TV and the movies, but the newly reloaded issue of gun control is good... More >>

• Saving the Day for Corporate Welfare

  published May 19, 1999

  Which would you rather see the state of Missouri give greater priority? (A) A new program using tax credits to provide seed capital to... More >>

• TWA: One Strike and You're Out

  published May 12, 1999

  It's countdown time at TWA again. The airline and its employees have entered the traditional 30-day "cooling-off" period provided by... More >>

• The Pro-Life Movement Strikes Again

  published May 5, 1999

  There's one little detail you might want to know about the raging bill before the Missouri Legislature to ban "partial-birth abortions." It... More >>

• Revelations on Tragedy and the Young

  published April 28, 1999

  I came across a newspaper account last week of a government study "made in an effort to get at the causes of crime." Some of the... More >>

• Wigged Out

  published April 21, 1999

  This is just a little matter, a pebble on the vast toxic-waste site that is the American insurance industry. But I think it says a lot... More >>

• Imagine St. Louis: The Post selling its soul for a jolly good fellowship

  published April 14, 1999

  Last month, the new-age editors of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch set off an old-fashioned newsroom firestorm by announcing "a new position we're... More >>

• War and Parking

  published April 7, 1999

  Young soldiers are off to war and college students are protesting in the streets. It's enough to make an old campus activist mist up. ... More >>

• But What About Knives?

  published March 31, 1999

  If Proposition B passes next Tuesday, you could still get arrested as a felon for attempting to protect yourself by carrying a concealed "knife,... More >>

• Burning the Constitution, Again

  published March 24, 1999

  You're never going to believe what's back as a scorching political issue in the U.S. of A. It's flag-burning. Yes, my fellow... More >>

• Suffering in the Luxury Suites

  published March 17, 1999

  I smell another rat. Less than two months after clanging its tin cup on behalf of the St. Louis Cardinals' starving owners (who only want... More >>

• A Dangerous Call to Arms

  published March 3, 1999

  Get ready for the assault. In less than five weeks, voters in Missouri will be asked to enact one of the loosest gun laws in America, one... More >>

• Police Put St. Louis' Worst Hoof Forward

  published February 24, 1999

  We don't have Rodney King in St. Louis to ask us why we can't all get along. For the moment, though, we've got Ilana Herzberg. Herzberg is... More >>

• We Don't Get Fooled Again? Don't Be So Sure

  published February 17, 1999

  The St. Louis Cardinals have just been named the area's 101st Neediest Case by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and it can only mean one thing: ... More >>

• A Frightening Talent for Politics

  published February 10, 1999

  To no one's surprise, Rep. Jim Talent made it official this week that he's running for governor in 2000, motivated solely by his selfless passion... More >>

• Getting Religion: It's Not About the Talk

  published February 3, 1999

  "To tell you the truth, I was cynical about the pope coming here," a friend told me this week. "I'm a nonpracticing Protestant, I disagree with... More >>

• The End of the Line for St. Louis Schools

  published January 27, 1999

  Here are the three best reasons for city voters to reject a sales-tax measure next Tuesday for funding continuation of school desegregation: ... More >>

• A Real-Estate History Lesson

  published January 20, 1999

  This is the top city development official explaining why the city is so excited about its plan to raze the historic St. Louis Arena and renew its... More >>

• The Reinvention of John Ashcroft

  published January 13, 1999

  John Ashcroft has gotten religion. Home from a wondrous presidential-campaign odyssey, Missouri's junior senator is a changed man, kinder... More >>