Comments from the staff of The Commonspace

2006
Spring	Octoroon Like Me	Genetics opens a new window on racial integration
Summer	Cop Talk	On the reinforcement of mutual stereotypes
Fall	Urban Popcorn	Socio-economic collisions in the street
2005
Jan	Rodney and Dominic	The senseless deaths of two youths show how far we have to go to make Mound City a city on a hill
Mar	Settling In	Like Willie Wonka, I glimpsed the golden ticket: Chicago! But I'm staying down on the St. Louis farm
May	St. Louis: The City that Never Shuts Up	A trip to Chicago yields some insights into our hometown
Sep	Selling STL	In which we are reminded that it's not the Arch, stupid
Dec	Home Sweet Wherever	When your whole world begins and ends at the garage door
2004
Feb	The Original Palm Pilot	Based on what's scribbled on my hand, things are hopping in the Lou
May	St. Louis' Public Living Room	The Commonspace aims to be your home away from home
Jun	The Day Job Divide	What do you do? The answer nearly never sums up what's really going on.
Nov	Misty, Watercolor Memories	From breakdancing throwdowns to the night the hot chocolate ran out, some snapshots of The Commonspace's crazy life on North Grand
Dec	Tie a Yellow (Pink/Orange/Red/Camo) Ribbon 'Round the SUV	Before long, we're going to need an Activist's Color-Coded Legend
2003
Jan	Haiku for the Lou	In the post-holiday lull, try these verses on for some January reflections
Feb	Going Off the 9-to-5 Grid	St. Louis is a great place to dowhatchalike
Mar	I've Got Friends in E-Places	Strong ties bind me to friends I don't know
Apr	Editors' Choice	These are a few of our favorite things
May	They're the People That You Meet Each Day	From Zebra Van-Man to the infamous Baton Guy, spotting these folks is a good omen on any day
Jun	The Memphis Manifesto Summit	The good, the bad and the catty, as told by one member of the Creative 100
Jul	Tempest in a Lou-Cup	What's in a name? Some people's entire civic identity, to judge by the controversy of "the Lou"
Aug	A World Apart	Searching for common space in a politically polarized America
Sep	Call Me	The wily cell phone crept in — belatedly — and began subtly reshaping my social life
Oct	It's Actually Working!	Catching glimpses of a better St. Louis at The Commonspace
Nov	Entertainment Tonight ... But For Whom?	Even in our diversions, our city often splits along racial lines
Dec	Year in Review	2003 was a big year for The Commonspace
2002
Jan	The Aldermanic Shuffle	Redistricting lets some aldermen off the hook with their former constituents
Feb	Business (Journal) As Usual	In the "progress as promised" world of the St. Louis Business Journal, fairness in reporting is an unfortunate casualty
Mar	The Kids Are Alright	Do you know a young person who's making a difference in St. Louis? Nominate him or her for The Commonspace's 21 Under 21.
Apr	Me, the Juror	All my years of watching "Law and Order" did nothing to prepare me for jury duty in the City of St. Louis
May	The Dirty Dozen	Mayor Slay recently announced a list of the city's worst slumlords. Too bad he's not saying who's on it.
Jun	Porch-Sitting Season	From budding romances to furious fights, drama unfolds before your very own St. Louis porch perch
Jul	Statistically Significant	The 2000 census highlights some ugly truths about the distribution of money, melanin and matriculates across the St. Louis region
Aug	Theories on the Dearly Departed	Is St. Louis back? If so, why do some of our high-profile cheerleaders keep bailing out?
Sep	Reach Out and Touch Someone	You (yes, you!) are part of our grand experiment in self-publishing. Thanks for making us real.
Oct	Radio Regression	How I defied demographics to become the newest fan of St. Louis' Hit Music station
Nov	Do You Wi-Fi?	Something's in the air in Grand Center: free public Internet access
Dec	Fan of Fanning	The South City school opens its doors for the community — and a few curious alums
2001
Jan	Schemes A-Plenty	Towards the civic good and a weekly paycheck
Feb	Civic Cod Liver Oil, or, Shut Up! You Got it Good	The target market who jeered at RCGA's ad campaign
Mar	What Civic Leaders can Learn from the New Economy	Viral marketing, virtuous cycles, and other lessons from the dot-com world
Apr	Crossing the Line	Thoughts on not staying inside the lines of our color-coded city
May	You Are What You Eat	The RFT restaurant poll reveals some unappetizing trends
Jun	Welcome to the Tram of the Renaissance	Will Vince Schoemehl's plan get Grand Center back on track?
Jul	Shifting Out of Park	What St. Louis can learn from Venice about building a city for people, not cars
Aug	Baby, Please Don't Go	Young talented folks are leaving, the city's not cool enough, and the brain drain has leaders worried. Sound familiar? It may not be where you think.
Sep	Trickle-Up Theory	C'babi Bayoc and Blake Brokaw are two of a growing legion of cultural creatives who are remaking St. Louis while the powers that be are busy looking the other way
Oct	Ain't That America?	My changing relationship with the U.S. flags in bloom all across St. Louis
Nov	Activism Requires Activity	If only changing the world were as easy as Buy This! and Click Here!
Dec	Happy Birthday to Us	Who knew this online civics experiment would still be here in a year? We did ... or at least we hoped.

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