Editor’s Notebook — Politics And A Milestone

Historical September 1994 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

Sometimes I think that politics have become surreal in the United States.

All kinds of people object to banning weapons that cannot be used for hunting because they so destroy the animal carcass. What do they do to people in central cities? It’s interesting to note who supported the ban.

It wasn’t Democrats per se; it was urban Democrats. Harold Volkmer and Ike Skelton, etc., didn’t.

I suppose if you’re not close to the problem, you can’t understand the solution. Then, what’s the problem with midnight basketball?

It keeps young people off the streets and also provides assistance with school and jobhunting. It’s pork, it’s fluff, it’s social spending.

Some elected representatives will devote any amount to a new maximum security prison but not to preventing someone from getting there. But, there is some hope.

There is a crime bill.

The St. Louis Public Schools have begun revamping ‘community education to permit greater neighborhood input into decision making. We’re actually talking about national health care. It’s just worrisome to see dialogue degenerate and accusations take on a tone more from the 50s than we would really like to sec today. Whose fault is it? Politicians?

The media? Perhaps the need to win is so strong that it is no-holds barred all the time. Just cheek out the political ads and the nightly news.

The content doesn’t differ a great deal anymore. Alas. • • • • The best news is that the Times of Skinker DeBaliviere will be celebrating its 25th birthday in April of 1995.

We will be featuring flashbacks to the past this year and will be finding the appropriate means to mark this milestone.

If any readers have memories of particular Times issues or stories, please let us know.

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1994.

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