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Ben Frederickson: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is a problem in the clubhouse

A player's productive postseason experience matters when he joins a World Series contender before the trade deadline.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 8, 2022

Editorial: Republicans censure 2 true conservatives — and confirm their party is a cult

When future historians seek to pinpoint exactly when it was that the Republican Party stopped being a legitimate political entity promoting a coherent set of principles and was transformed fully into a cult of personality organized around a would-be autocrat, Feb. 4, 2022, might be in contention. That date —…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 7, 2022

Easy, weeknight side dishes to break out of your menu monotony

It’s a weeknight. You already know what you’re making for the main course — something simple but satisfying.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 7, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: Illinois' Trent Frazier creates Champaign problems for Big Ten foes

It was his first college basketball game — and it might as well have been his last.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 7, 2022

Missouri court to hear challenge to controversial gun law

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case challenging a new gun law opponents say bars police from helping enforce certain federal firearms laws.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 6, 2022

Blues' Jordan Kyrou wins NHL fastest skater competition

Blues forward Jordan Kyrou came to the NHL fastest skater competition hoping to improve on his time from three years ago when he took part in the race at the AHL All-Star Game.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 5, 2022

Responding to criticism, Missouri governor's office says there's no ‘religious litmus test’ for state workers

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson’s office said Friday he has no “religious litmus test” for state government employees, clarifying a statement he made earlier this week that he wouldn’t have appointed a health director “who does not share the same Christian values” as him.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 5, 2022

Editorial: Hawley posts a fist-pump to ignorance with his position on Ukraine

Something serious appears to have prompted Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to label a fellow Republican, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a “con artist” and “one of the worst human beings.” Perhaps it was Hawley’s public questioning of the need to defend Ukraine from a Russian invasion. Maybe it was when Hawley…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 4, 2022

Only Christians need apply? Gov. Mike Parson’s ‘Christian values’ statement prompts legal concerns

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Does the next director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services need to be a Christian?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 3, 2022

Wainwright still putting in work as lockout keeps players away from Jupiter

Adam Wainwright normally would have left on Thursday for Jupiter, Florida, site of Cardinals spring training, where he has spent the past 17 springs.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 3, 2022