Michael Wolff

SLU Law Dean Tom Keefe Resigns Over Offensive Remarks: "If I Was Them, I'd Fire Me"

Update: When news broke yesterday that Saint Louis University Law School Dean Tom Keefe had resigned from his post -- full interview below -- officials at SLU did not respond to requests for comment or provide any official notice to the law school. This afternoon, after a string of media reports in ... More >>

Judge Michael Wolff Enters Health Care Debate

This morning's readers of The New York Times editorial pages who are interested in the current Supreme Court hearings on President Obama's health care bill might find themselves stumbling over a letter to the editor penned by one of our city's finest wordsmiths. Michael A. Wolff, who delivered many ... More >>

In a tiny town just outside Joplin, a landmark adoption case tests the limits of inalienable human rights

Under Fire, City Warms Up to Private Rehabbers

​Last spring, two big cannonballs were lobbed at the city's mechanism for handling properties that have fallen through the cracks and into the public hands. The first blow landed on April 19. That was the day  Audrey Spalding of the Show-Me Institute, a conservative think-tank, released her o ... More >>

Missouri Supreme Court: Help Wanted

Are those the current Missouri Supreme Court judges?​Since the Missouri Supreme Court's establishment in 1820, 116 people have served as judges. But only one of them, former judge Ronnie White, was a person of color. That may change this fall, when Gov. Jay Nixon names a successor to Judge Mi ... More >>

Peace and Punishment

St. Louis judges turn to Transcendental Meditation to rehab convicted felons

Hell No, We Won't Go!

A south St. Louis neighborhood raises a ruckus over plans to demolish homes for a shopping center

Two-Steppin'

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a Missouri cop could justifiably dance around Miranda

Where the Sun Don't Shine

Missouri's Sunshine Law guarantees open government for all. Trouble is, prosecutors don't enforce it and legislators won't fix it. Just ask the folks fighting City Hall.