Brian Birdnow

Brian Birdnow

Brian E. Birdnow is a historian and teaches at a university in the St. Louis area. He is the author of Communism, Anti-Communism And The Federal Courts In Missouri 1952-1958: The Trial of the St. Louis Five.

Articles

The Bitter End: Eric Greitens Throws In The Towel
Missouri

The Bitter End: Eric Greitens Throws In The Towel

Strife On the Mississippi? Eric Greitens Gets Off…For Now
Missouri

Strife On the Mississippi? Eric Greitens Gets Off…For Now

Pride Goeth Before the Fall: Politics, Hubris & Eric Greitens
Missouri

Pride Goeth Before the Fall: Politics, Hubris & Eric Greitens

Peace Through Strength: Another Trump Radicalism?
Donald Trump

Peace Through Strength: Another Trump Radicalism?

Conservatives

Donald, St. Jack, & the Soul of the GOP

Columns

Public Art, History, & Liberalism at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Columns

Of Monuments and Mayors: The Confederate Memorial Controversy in St. Louis

St. Bernard To the Rescue?
Bernie Sanders

St. Bernard To the Rescue?

America First? US Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
Columns

America First? US Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

Wall Wishing or Gringo The Lilacs? Mexico and the Ugly American
Donald Trump

Wall Wishing or Gringo The Lilacs? Mexico and the Ugly American

Fetishism? E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post, and the Constitution
Washington Post

Fetishism? E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post, and the Constitution

Columns

The 2016 Election Is Finally Finished

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The New Conservative Majority?
conservative

The New Conservative Majority?

Dionne, Denial, and Deplorables: The Washington Post at the Dawn of the Trump Age
Columns

Dionne, Denial, and Deplorables: The Washington Post at the Dawn of the Trump Age

The Paper That Blew Its Cool: E.J. Dionne & The Current Discontents
Columns

The Paper That Blew Its Cool: E.J. Dionne & The Current Discontents

The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same!
Columns

The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same!

Inauthentic & Dislikeable, But a Dream Ticket?
Elizabeth Warren

Inauthentic & Dislikeable, But a Dream Ticket?

Donald Trump

People Who Live In Glass Houses?

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Bernie Sanders

Prosperity Is Just Around The Corner? Obama and American Decline

Conservatives

Moving On Or Turning Left? The Doctrine of Non-Resistance

On Syndicated Columnists and Loving America at the Miami Herald
Donald Trump

On Syndicated Columnists and Loving America at the Miami Herald

Sexism and the Poor Campaigner: Hillary Clinton Meets Modern Times
Hillary Clinton

Sexism and the Poor Campaigner: Hillary Clinton Meets Modern Times

St. Louis Post-Dispatch vs. Scalia: A Liberal Daily Newspaper Trashes Conservatism
Columns

St. Louis Post-Dispatch vs. Scalia: A Liberal Daily Newspaper Trashes Conservatism

WaPo's Kathleen Parker Offers Unwanted Cure For The GOP
Nikki Haley

WaPo's Kathleen Parker Offers Unwanted Cure For The GOP

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'Twas the Week Before Christmas? Hillary at It Again!
Hillary Clinton

'Twas the Week Before Christmas? Hillary at It Again!

Donald Trump, Islam, and “Un-American Activities”
Donald Trump

Donald Trump, Islam, and “Un-American Activities”

Obama Administration

Presidential Petulance and the Washington Post

Bill Clinton

Campaign Finance Caper? Hillary Clinton and the Ghost of Scandals Past

Ted Cruz

High Noon? Dana Milbank, Ted Cruz and “Lawlessness” in Washington

The Washington Post, Dana Milbank, and Their Republican Friends
RINO

The Washington Post, Dana Milbank, and Their Republican Friends

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Furl That Banner Slowly?
Columns

Furl That Banner Slowly?

Paul Ryan’s Thin Gruel?
Columns

Paul Ryan’s Thin Gruel?

Democrats

Democrats Admit Failure on Obamacare? Not On Your Life or Your Health!

Democratic Party

A Dimes’ Worth of Difference? Politics Beyond the Hot Air In 2015

Gimme That Old Time Religion? Bill De Balsio’s Politics and Piety in New York
Columns

Gimme That Old Time Religion? Bill De Balsio’s Politics and Piety in New York

Life on the Mississippi? Tragedy, Politics, and Mass Media in St. Louis
media

Life on the Mississippi? Tragedy, Politics, and Mass Media in St. Louis

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Life on the Mississippi? Tragedy, Politics, and Mass Media in St. Louis
media

Life on the Mississippi? Tragedy, Politics, and Mass Media in St. Louis

The Sound and the Fury Signifying Nothing? Obama’s Swagger and the Economy
Obama

The Sound and the Fury Signifying Nothing? Obama’s Swagger and the Economy

Obama As Economic Svengali: The Master Magician and His Media Allies Strike Again
Economics

Obama As Economic Svengali: The Master Magician and His Media Allies Strike Again

Bias

White Heat? Another Liberal Bashes Caucasian Males

From Here to Eternity? Ferguson and the Future
Black Community

From Here to Eternity? Ferguson and the Future

Milbank’s Lament: Amnesty, Missed Opportunities and Lost Elections
Columns

Milbank’s Lament: Amnesty, Missed Opportunities and Lost Elections

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Deriding the Wave? The 2014 Election & the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
GOP

Deriding the Wave? The 2014 Election & the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rooting For Defeat? Michael Gerson & Me-Too Republicanism at the Washington Post
Columns

Rooting For Defeat? Michael Gerson & Me-Too Republicanism at the Washington Post

Disloyalty at the Washington Post? Dana Milbank Rips Obama Critics
Obama

Disloyalty at the Washington Post? Dana Milbank Rips Obama Critics

Ferguson, Six Weeks Later: The Picture Darkens
#Ferguson

Ferguson, Six Weeks Later: The Picture Darkens

#Ferguson

Ferguson Revisited: Pictures at an Exhibition

Pat Buchanan, Political History, & the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Columns

Pat Buchanan, Political History, & the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Bad Week For Obama, Boehner? A Noted Journalist looks at Politics Today
Obama Administration

Bad Week For Obama, Boehner? A Noted Journalist looks at Politics Today

Hillary Clinton, The One Percent, and How The Other Half Lives
Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton, The One Percent, and How The Other Half Lives