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Editorial: A new, unfiltered Trump social platform where lies will know no boundary

Former President Donald Trump, infamous for having lied tens of thousands of times during his presidency and now facing a subpoena in New York for possibly having lied on his financial forms and tax returns, is now launching an ironically named new social media app, Truth Social. The premise is…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 24, 2022

Editorial: Even Durham says some media have gone down the rabbit hole regarding his probe

Conservative media joined a certain former president last week whipping up the political right over what they claimed was a smoking gun: proof from an ongoing investigation by special counsel John Durham that Hillary Clinton and other Democrats “spied” on Donald Trump while he was president. Trump called it worse…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 23, 2022

Editorial: A cataclysmic event based on ego-driven lies. Sound familiar?

Shocking as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is, it should come as no surprise to anyone in the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin, performing exactly as the United States predicted, set up a straw-horse justification for invading Ukraine and is now acting on the basis of that lie. He used the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 23, 2022

Ben Frederickson: If postseason expands, Cardinals will need to adjust unofficial playoff mantra

As we wait to find out when this baseball season will start, let’s take a look ahead at how it likely ends.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 22, 2022

Kevin McDermott: Why I’m voting for an unfit demagogue in this year’s Republican Senate primary

Eric Greitens is the worst of the worst. He earns the title just by virtue of the credible sexual assault allegations that drove him out of the Missouri governor’s office in 2018.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 22, 2022

Editorial: Ranchers are going bankrupt as meat prices soar. Blame the robber barons

Farmers and ranchers in rural Missouri and Illinois, it’s safe to say, are a pretty conservative group, firm in their longtime dedication to the deregulation and free market principles of the Republican Party. But now might be a good time for them to take a good look at their bank…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 22, 2022

Editorial: The ERA, hotly controversial in the 1970s, should be an easy lift today

After all the epic upheaval in the 1970s over the Equal Rights Amendment, some are arguing that the constitutional amendment declaring, simply, that women must be afforded the same rights as men officially became law last month — two years after Virginia ratified it and put it over the 38-state…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 22, 2022

For Berube, what happened in Philly made him better in St. Louis

VORHEES, N.J. — Craig Berube doesn’t strike you as the sentimental type. Nonetheless, Monday’s practice had to been a little strange for the Blues’ head coach.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 22, 2022

Police probe shows Missouri data weakness existed a decade​ before Post-Dispatch exposed it

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A police investigation released Monday shows that a flaw in a Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education webpage had been in place since 2011 and that no one had noticed the flaw until a St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist pointed out the weakness.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 21, 2022

Best Bites: Reese's Puffs Cluster Crunch

New Reese’s Puffs Cluster Crunch cereal brings together Reese’s peanut butter and Hershey’s cocoa on sweet crunchy corn puff clusters. They don’t taste that much different than the already delicious Reese’s Puffs cereal. I like these best almost as a snack right out of the box.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 21, 2022