“St. Louis” on The Daily Caller

Editor’s Note: Daily Caller High is a group of young writers cutting their teeth in the world of political punditry. This week, the authors’ reflect on events of the past few weeks. (more)

To: Kathleen Parker
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Washington Post
re: your Op-Ed, “Don’t Reload. Speak Out.” (more)

Unless you want to be in a minority party for the rest of time, you need to start being competitive with voters in the 18-35 age range. Sure, we haven’t been the most prolific voters historically. But things are about to get serious, and if you think we’ll continue to stay at home on Election Day you’re wrong. The good news is that we’re open-minded enough to listen, if you talk the right way. Here’s how:  (more)

ACORN’s state chapter in Missouri is the latest to rebrand itself as part of ACORN’s national strategy to distance itself from its negative public image. (more)

President Obama said Wednesday he was “tired of talking” about health care, during a speech in St. Louis in which he again called on Congress to pass his reform proposal. (more)

While Toyota remains mired in embarrassing recalls, dealers gathered here say they are excited about a major marketing push the Japanese automaker has slated for March and noted that the company’s payments to fix recalled cars and trucks will help offset lost sales. (more)

Abstract: For its proponents, "social justice" is usually undefined. Originally a Catholic term, first used about 1840 for a new kind of virtue (or habit) necessary for post-agrarian societies, the term has been bent by secular "progressive" thinkers to mean uniform state distribution of society’s advantages and disadvantages. Social justice is really the capacity to organize with others to accomplish ends that benefit the whole community. If people are to live free of state control, they must possess this new virtue of cooperation and association. This is one of the great skills of Americans and, ultimately, the best defense against statism. (more)