Editors at the New York Times recently asked, will parents be bankrolling their 40-something child? A good question given that many baby boomer parents are doing just that for their 20-something kids by paying for college, summer overseas adventures, and even post-graduation apartments.

Making more environmentally sound choices can help clean up our environment and save taxpayers, businesses and individuals money.

As important as it is for local hospitals to be prepared for the impending flu season, it is just as important for you to be prepared.

Nature versus nurture is a timeless debate. Which more influences our behaviors, thoughts, actions, even looks? There have been ongoing questions on nature versus nurture when it comes to intelligence. Now, about fifteen years later, there’s another book based on a study around race and intelligence. Does effort play a major role in intellectual success?

John Stewart's bit about the importance of race in the Senate confirmation of Sonya Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court ignores an important and historic moment.

Many St. Louisans seem more concerned with what is happening only in their municipalities.  A change in thinking to consider the whole region can make our entire community stronger.

Taking action to change your community can be easier than you may think.

A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article claims the generation gap is bigger than ever.  Is it?  Are today's young people that much different than their grandparents or parents?  Take a second and tell us what you think.

Is the re-opening of a Granite City steel plant a sign that our economy is turning around?  Can we take the industries we have and use this slow down as an opportunity to change them into the industries of the future?

 Wednesday's forum on the role of the midwest in a global economy is generating a lot of buzz.  Two international experts give their ideas on what the midwest needs to do to move ahead in a global era.