Jaco: Prison for spreading a virus? Only for HIV, not COVID
Missouri has become America’s very own Third World, with COVID spreading rapidly thanks to everyday people refusing vaccines and political…
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Jaco: Welcome to the death lottery; wanna play?
The St. Louis Urban League isn’t usually known for anti-gambling activism. But their “All In” campaign launched this week is…
JACO INTERVIEW: Comptroller Darlene Green on using U.S. COVID-19 funds
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is optimistic that the city’s use of the first $80 million in…
JACO INTERVIEW: Talking public safety with Dan Isom
ST. LOUIS – What’s the best way to tackle the area’s high rate of violent crime? Focus on early intervention,…
Jaco: Missouri Trumpworld’s idiot theater casts St. Louis as the villain
As we approach sort-of-normal, at least for sane St. Louisans who’ve been vaccinated, theater is back. The Muny. Shakespeare in…
JACO INTERVIEW: Reproductive Health Services CEO discusses future of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to take a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe v. Wade worries advocates of legal…
JACO INTERVIEW: County prosecutor is encouraged by new right to review old cases
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – Prosecutors usually try to prove the guilt of someone who has been charged, but the flip…
Jaco: Tired yet of Missouri stealing your vote?
The Missouri Home for the Criminally Insane — you know, the one in Jefferson City with a dome where the…
Jaco: Red state, blue city, dark future? How the cure for Missouri is St. Louis
It should be no surprise that an organization whose motto is “Eek! Negroes!,” whose attitude toward facts and science is…
Jaco: COVID confusion due to crackpot ideology
I got my COVID-19 vaccine by accident. As a certified geezer (70, cardiac pacemaker, blah blah blah) I wanted to…
Murdered children and the selfishness of St. Louis
Say their names. Dmyah Fleming was 7. She liked to help her grandmother make cookies, especially with pink frosting. Kevin…
Jaco: Seditious St. Louis shows up for coup attempt
The St. Louis area was well-represented in the murderous mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a coup attempt, and…
Law and disorder, Schmitt style
Now that everyone knows that the English translation of “ISIS” is “MAGA,” and that the GOP has successfully transformed itself…
St. Louis’ failure means red Missouri
I hesitate to call Sen. Josh Hawley a fascist only because I don’t think he believes in anything, including fascism,…
The Jaco Report, Ep. 32: Krewson denies systemic police racism, downplays public distrust
Eleven children have been murdered in the St. Louis area since mid-June, and as communities and families demand action, St.…
The Jaco Report, Ep. 32: The Ferguson Commission five years later
ST. LOUIS – Five years after “Ferguson” became both world-wide shorthand for often-deadly brutality against black people by white police…