Bill McClellan

2 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Bill McClellan

The worldwide trade war we hope to start in less than 90 days will come at a bad time for me. A bad season, I should say. It will be summer. I drink whiskey in the winter and gin in the summer. My preferred brand of whiskey comes from Kentucky, but the gin I like comes from England. I suppose I could switch to vodka — no tariffs on our Russian friends! — but there’s something about a gin and tonic with a slice of lime that defines summer for me. A vodka and tonic just doesn’t do it.

2 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Bill McClellan

I have some sympathy — empathy is the better word — for the woman in Ohio who posted on Facebook that Haitians were eating dogs and cats. It was not true, and it falsely maligned innocent people, but the woman said she posted it in good faith. I did something similar. My transgression occurred on March 27.

3 weeks ago | stltoday.com | Bill McClellan

Margaret was a baby in 1906 when she and her parents left Sicily and settled in Cleveland. Soon there were more children. Margaret quit school in second grade to help her mother. At 14, she went to work in a candy factory. Her parents believed in the old ways, and so they arranged a marriage, but Margaret was a strong-willed woman even then, and she rejected her parents’ choice.

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Bill McClellan

“I’m a space cowboy, Bet you weren’t ready for that. I’m a space cowboy. I’m sure you know where that’s at. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.”— The Steve Miller BandTraveling well within the speed limit, I flew my spaceship to downtown Clayton the other day. I had some business to conduct. There was a time when I had lots of business to conduct, and I conducted it with a certain swagger. Those days are gone. Now I do things tentatively, hopefully.

1 month ago | stltoday.com | Bill McClellan

If Missouri were a person, you would not want to invite it into your home. If you did, it would slip and fall. As a people, we like to sue. I thought about that after our recent $20 billion “victory” over China. What did China do to us? It hoarded face masks during COVID. We wouldn’t have worn them anyway. Our governor referred to them as “dang” masks. We screamed at health officials who advised us to cover our collective face. We breathe free in this state, Doc. If you’re really a doctor, that is.