It Could Have Been Tricky

 

June 29, 2025

 

The publisher of our newspaper had a class-action lawsuit filed against it for disclosing subscribers’ personal information to Facebook (publisher denies wrongdoing), and we may be eligible for part of the settlement.

 

As I am a firm believer in supporting the press, and the publisher is fighting off a takeover, I hate to cause them any more financial stress; but they shouldn’t have given people’s personal information without their permission, so if they did, I think that they should be soundly smacked.

 

A moral dilemma—will I or won’t I join the lawsuit?

 

Moral dilemma solved by learning that we would only get a small amount; and we’d probably have to give the same personal information to the law people.

 

 

 

I Guess It's a Step Up...

 

June 15, 2023

 

Speaking of politicians who claim they didn’t know better, another Cabinet member can’t seem to keep her family’s fortune straight when filing reports. 

 

At least this time it’s the Secretary of Energy, not the Secretary of the Treasury.

 

 

License to Run

June 14, 2023

 

Another St. Louis politician got arrested for bribery.

 

I think that before people can run for office, they should have to take a basic ethics exam. That way, when they get caught in wrongdoing, they can’t claim ignorance.