Charlie gets STL Cardinals Broadcaster Mike Shannon’s “take” on the Cardinals decision to retaliate last night in Milwaukee, after the Brewers’ Takashi Saito’s pitch struck Albert Pujols on the left hand.

New York Times Washington Correspondent Ron Nixon writes that freshmen and Tea Party Republicans want everyone else to cut back on pork spending, but not in their own districts.

Charlie talks with Matt Hathaway, reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, about the generous salaries and bonuses of STL Science Center executives.