The recent passing of Bill Bidwill gives us an opportunity to reflect upon the essential St. Louis question — does the fault lie in our stars or in ourselves?
I have always been generous with us and blamed our problems on the stars. We were founded near the confluence of two great rivers at a time when rivers were the major means of transportation into and out of the vast wilderness. When the importance of rivers declined, our influence waned. President Dwight Eisenhower did us in with the interstate highway system.
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