If you haven't seen the video we posted on this site of a mother taking a belt to her child ... take time to see it.
Since we first aired this story on our 10pm news Monday night ... we've had hundreds of viewers look at the tape and many have emailed us their reaction.
You should read them and see if you agree or disagree with the majority.
I want to use this blog to highlight a local Medal of Honor Recipient.
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. It goes to a member of our Armed Forces who distinguishes himself/herself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States...
We clearly hit a strong nerve and need for many of you as we launched our Good News For A Change project.
Last night, we opened this new project in front of Anheuser-Busch In-Bev where we have seen friends and neighbors lose jobs in a transition that is still developing. New 4 Reporter Ray Preston said there are some who believe that In-Bev might still consider St. Louis for its world headquart...
Well, it was only a matter of time before this would happen.
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to write a book. It's often said that writers ... especially new writers ... should pen scripts about something they know. To that extent, Blagojevich's book will supposedly expose " the dark side of politics".
That's the phrase his publicist, Glenn Selig, used.
So, there's the picture ... Michael Phelps ... winner of a record 8 gold medals at the summer Olymipics ... doing a bong. He's inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Phelps doesn't deny what he did ... just apologized.
Immediately, there a lot of noise about how this could cost Phelps millions ...
We have had dozens of responses to my decision to change my hair ... and I've posted all of them ... good and bad.
As you might expect ... my wife also has a reaction. What follows ... are her words ... no editing. I wouldn't dare. PS Also, at the very end ... I do have some remarks about why my arm is in a sling ... so read all the way through.
