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Q&A: New Found Glory proves 'Pop Punk's Still Not Dead' on new tour

St. LOUIS — In a concert tour coming to the Factory, New Found Glory insists "Pop Punk's Still Not Dead."

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 17, 2021

Editorial: As infections spike, Europeans are set to block US travelers again

Added to the growing list of damage the anti-vaccination/anti-mask crowd is doing to America is the recommendation of renewed travel bans in the European Union against U.S. visitors, due to spiking coronavirus cases here. Congratulations to all those anti-science “patriots” out there for turning America into a global leper.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 17, 2021

Benjamin Hochman: East bound and round (and round) — St. Louis to experience NASCAR in 2022, thanks to this pair

ST. LOUIS — They originally called it the Chili Bowl since the sponsors sold pre-made chili. But the name lived on for this no-frills racing expo and event where, if you sit close enough to the dirt clay track, you can get splattered with what, come to think of it,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 17, 2021

Lynn Schmidt: American citizenship means fighting for the common welfare, not just liberty

The Founding Fathers may have declared independence from Britain in 1776, but the real work of putting together the new government did not take place until the Constitutional Convention met between May and September of 1787 in the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. After the debate and work…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 15, 2021

Editorial: While the nation sinks deeper into debt, the rich keep evading taxes

A new Treasury Department report finds that the United States is losing $163 billion per year because of tax evasion by the top 1% of earners. The story is mind-numbingly familiar: phenomenally rich people finding new and creative ways to boost their wealth even more by cheating the rest of…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 15, 2021

Benjamin Hochman: NASCAR Cup Series race will come to St. Louis in 2022 at World Wide Technology Raceway

The best quality of the folks at World Wide Technology Raceway is, fittingly, drive.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 14, 2021

Editorial: Bush notes 'the same foul spirit' shared by al-Qaida and domestic extremists

Americans of divergent political persuasions found common cause to unite around President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because of the clear and present danger that al-Qaida posed to the nation. Political divisions began developing in the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, at which point Bush…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 14, 2021

Cardinals swamp Mets, 7-0, send Wainwright to 16th win and close within a half game of NL wild card

NEW YORK — Whether it’s sending a team to the pennant as a 25-year-old closer or, at 40, carrying a club back into a race that ran for so long without them, Adam Wainwright bending curves in Queens never gets old.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 14, 2021

Daniel Neman: Beehives as weapons — and more weird facts about food

Last week, I wrote about some fun, weird facts about food gleaned from Matt Siegel’s new book, “The Secret History of Food.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 13, 2021

Best Bites: Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Premium Brownie Mix

I’ve seen the creative mug cake recipes online with microscopic amounts of cake ingredients going into the microwave for just a minute. It looks delicious, but that’s a lot of work for just a few spoonfuls. Ghirardelli heard the cry of the lazy people and made a new mug brownie…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 13, 2021