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There was something especially sickening about three young men being gunned down on Market Street early last Friday.

According to news reports, they had just left a nightclub called Club Society on South 21st Street. Their vehicle was stopped at a…

From Think Progress comes this:

In January, Sandy Tsao, an army officer based out of St. Louis, MO, told her superiors that she is gay — a violation of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law. Tsao then wrote to President Obama, urging him…

I bought this bouquet Saturday afternoon from a florist who has a lovely little shop on Marconi Street on The Hill.

The shop has been in business for a little more than a year, and is run by a woman with her…

Anti-Obama economic plan “Tea Party” at the Arch Grounds Feb. 28:

A crowd generously estimated at 1,000. (Photo by Dawn Majors/Post-Dispatch)

Obama campaign rally at the Arch Oct. 18:

A crowd of somewhat more than 1,000 (Photo by Emily Rasinski/Post-Dispatch)

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A woman walks her dog at Hazelwood's Harry S Truman Park. | Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch

The grass being greener elsewhere is a classic cliche describing domestic restlessness that inhabits many people.

Almost half of 2,260 Americans polled last October said they believe that the…

No politician ever got into trouble for wanting to build more jail cells or enacting tougher criminal punishments. Few prosecutors ever were punished for seeking a maximum sentence, nor judges for throwing the book at a defendant.

Locking up convicts —…

When I was at the Dayton Daily News, I did a lot of writing about homelessness.

Last year over the holidays I produced this video.

The numbers and information at the end of the video refer to…

Illustration by Dan Martin/Post-Dispatch

Deep in the bowels of City Hall, past where the bodies are buried, in a windowless office disguised as a furnace room, sits Earl P. Bollix, the St. Louis City Dysfunctioner.

Until now, when I just made him up,…

HIV infections make headlines. When public health officials said as many as 50 Normandy High School students might have been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS, they attracted national attention.
It’s too early to know whether there will be an…

Post-Dispatch photo by J.B. Forbes

canard
ca·nard (kə -NÄRD)
n. 1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

Here in the editorial/commentary/letters area of the newspaper, our principal mission is to analyze issues and advocate positions that are consistent with the values and principles of…

What can voters do to help keep the lines moving on Election Day?

They can study a sample ballot before heading to the polls, mapping out their voting strategy ahead of time.

The St. Louis city election board took an extraordinary step,…

The London Eye…is St. Louis next?

Deep within the ancient mists of time — i.e., the Carter administration — it was proposed that the Mississippi River at St. Louis be spanned with a cable car system. The thought was that tourists would…

Courtesy of CBS News

Pop quiz:
Below, you’ll find transcripts from two television interviews that aired last week. One comes from the interview of Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, by “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. The other…

Today is the last day of my summer fellowship with the Post-Dispatch editorial board — and what a summer it has been.

I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the Post-Dispatch editorial board, and especially the chance to help promote…

The Cardinals and Cordish Co. last week unveiled the fourth iteration of a plan for Ballpark Village. If things go well — a very big “if” — the complex could start to materialize early next year on the hole formerly known…

Forbes magazine looked at cities all over the country to find the best places to buy a home. Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta and St. Louis all made the top 10.

Yes. St. Louis.

I love St. Louis. I don’t mind the summers,…

Patient X is a 17-year-old girl, previously healthy, who visited a clinic for routine care. She is sexually active — as are nearly half of Missouri high school students. Her nurse practitioner ordered a battery of blood tests, but a…

Findsolar.com has a neat solar calculator that shows how well a solar-powered residential electrical system would work in your area.

According to the calculator, St. Louis has a “good” rating for residential solar energy — 4.859 kWh/sq-m/day, to be exact.

According to the Department…

Our friends at The Onion have conducted a quick-but-imaginary man in the street poll about growing opposition to the sale of Anheuser-Busch. It may not reflect the opinion of actual men and women on the streets of St. Louis, but…