Ever since I made my brief foray into state government, Doug Finke’s Statehouse Insider has been my favorite read in the Sunday SJ-R. It has all of the elements of a good gossip column, with nary a mention of Paris Hilton.
Here’s why it’s a good thing for the news-reading, government-following public. The governor has [...]

What struck me about today’s SJ-R article on Six Flags’ new policy to protect against sex offenders was that it didn’t seem to be driven by an announcement by Six Flags, but rather the protestations of a convicted sex offender. The article quotes a man whose daughter became upset upon reading [...]

A place such as Saputo’s probably doesn’t worry too much about public relations. As long as the quality of food and service doesn’t slip, their strong name recognition and loyal base of regulars will keep their tables full. Even still, it’s hard to imagine that the SJ-R article on the proposed bill that would allow [...]

Look no further than Mike Ramsey’s frontpage article in the SJ-R for evidence of the adversarial relationship between the governor and the press. If a more humble and congenial pol had let slip with the unfortunate phrase “testicular virility”, reporters may have very well ignored it and would have certainly not included it in the [...]

I don’t think Chris Britt struck the right chord with his cartoon on the 183rd story in Sunday’s paper. The SJ-R doesn’t publish his work online. It shows the Pentagon as personified by a fat, sloppy, highly-decorated general simultaneously thumbing his nose at and giving a raspberry to Springfield.
While the I83rd situation is unfortunate [...]