Afghanistan

Missouri Soldier Accused of Stabbing Another Soldier in the Buttocks as Part of Practical Joke

A Missouri soldier was stabbed in the buttocks as part of a practical joke -- which he apparently didn't find so funny. Clinton police say that officers were dispatched to the National Guard Armory in Artesian Park yesterday morning, and when they got there, they found a soldier who had been stabb ... More >>

The Six Most Tasteless References To 9/11 In Song

It has been eleven years since the attacks on the World Trade Center, and while the feelings brought up by the events are still complicated, we can view its aftermath with some clarity. With over a decade of hindsight, many of the songs written after the attacks display less than healthy attitudes t ... More >>

Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate. Where's the military when the chips are down?

Pulitzer Prizes Announced

The Pulitzer Prize committee has just announced its awards for 2012. No Missouri publication received an award or finalist citation. In the Local Reporting category, 24-year-old Sara Ganim of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, became one of the youngest prizewinners in history for her w ... More >>

Hayes Carll

8 p.m. Sunday, March 18. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard.

A Veteran's Day Look at Military Chow

Wikimedia CommonsA Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.​Talk to any veteran, and there's a good chance you'll hear about military food, from mess halls to MREs, food drops and sharing with the needy, and of course the local eats from the far-flung places where they've served. E ... More >>

Wounded Marines to Gather on Field Before Tonight's First Pitch

​Last night's Cards game was a lesson in humility. Perhaps the bullpen can take notes on how to make a comeback during tonight's pregame ceremony, which honors a few local Marines who've battled back from war injuries that led to amputation and paralysis. The ceremony is part of the Marine Wee ... More >>

Helicopter Drones: U.S. Military's Newest Toy

​You know about the drone airplanes used in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but did you know that the U.S. military also has drone helicopters? The Navy currently has several Fire Scout helicopters aboard its warships overseas and plans to soon add a total of 168 of the remote-controlled aircraf ... More >>

Laid-Off Firefighters Want to Pump Your Stomach with Booze

This man can douse your burning liver. ​First they were employed. Then they were told they'd be laid off. Then they learned their jobs would be saved ... but only after they lost them. Now they're unemployed. But not for long. Confused yet? So are we. This calls for a drink! This afternoon ... More >>

Ten Things To Do in St. Louis This Weekend: January 7-9

It's cold. But there are plenty of reasons to leave your warm house this weekend. Seriously. Some ideas are here; other ideas are below. Friday:Egan O'Keefe​Designer Drugs @ 2720 Cherokee Kick the year off right with these NYC DJs, who have entertained at London Calling in the past. With Cor( ... More >>

The Amazing Story of the Quadruple Amputee Marine From Arnold, Missouri

Image via WashingtonPost.comTodd A. Nicely was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal​Today is Veteran's Day and, whether you're relaxing at home at the couch or grumbling about being at work, it's easy to lose sight of how much this holiday can mean to people who have either served i ... More >>

Weston, MO Townsfolk Block Phelps Hate-Fest

Weston isn't having this trash in their town​Anti-gay hate mongers from Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church were repulsed from a funeral by about half the small town of Weston in Platte County on Saturday.The people in the town got wind of the Westboro hate group's plan to protest the funeral of ... More >>

The Tillman Story sets the record straight

American soldiers, verite-style, in Restrepo

Veterans for Peace Praises WikiLeaks; St. Louis Group Wants Medal for Informant

​Updated 4:00 p.m. with comments from Veterans for Peace president.By now you've certainly heard how the website WikiLeaks this week released some 91,000 classified and/or sensitive military reports detailing the failures of the war in Afghanistan.In Washington, the release of the documents is dra ... More >>

St. Louisan Eric Greitens Gets Matthew McConaughey Treatement at All-Star Game

​If you caught the opening of last night's All-Star Game, then you learned about St. Louisan Eric Greitens and his Mission Continues, a non-profit that empowers and aids wounded veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Greitens was a winner of this year's People Magazine All-Stars Amo ... More >>

Felonies or Military Service? Four of Five Teenage Vandals in Nixa Choose Felonies

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdn/ / CC BY-SA 2.0A young American soldier​Which would YOU choose: two Class D felonies on your record, or three years active duty in the armed forces? That was the choice given to five young dudes in Nixa recently. And according to a story in the News-Leader, all bu ... More >>

GOP State Auditor Candidate's Hidden Musical Message to Dandy Warhols: "I Like You! I Like You!" [Update]

Update April 23: Fired Up! Missouri says they have obtained documents that show that Tom Schweich did, in fact, approach the Dandy Warhols to request permission to use "a few themes" from "Bohemian Like You." A letter from Schweich's attorney to the Warhols claims that Schweich is "a big fan" and wa ... More >>

Morning Brew: 4.7

The annual southern food issue of Oxford American magazine is out, and it features a piece on a Charleston, South Carolina chef's quest for heirloom sesame seeds. Sean Brock pursued the seed breed, last used a century ago, in his quest to re-create antebellum-era dishes. "It goes in layers," he sa ... More >>

Welcome Home, Devil Dogs! St. Louis Grunts Are the Last Marines to Leave Iraq

​Good news from the 3rd battalion, 24th Marine Corps regiment based in Bridgeton: The 1,500-man ensemble is shipping out of Iraq, and, as Lt. Col. Shane Tomko puts it, "They're all in one piece."The U.S. Army will keep some troops in Iraq until 2011, but the 3/24 was the last Marine unit to deploy ... More >>

Obama's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Graphic)

President Barack Obama was briefly in Oslo, Norway today to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. He gave a speech (transcript here). Below is an infographic that gives prominence to the words he used the most during his remarks.​After the jump is the same graphic, only comprised of the president's Decemb ... More >>

If An Election Is Held In the County and Nobody Votes Does it Make A Sound?

geeks4ever.me/post/108421980/ifatreefalls​Or, a better question: do the results count?There are some important issues at stake in the off-year election coming up on November 3: Proposition N, the smoking ban initiative on which the fate of the city's recently passed ban hinges, and E-911, a sales ... More >>

Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton's Lonely Cry to Get General McChrystal to Testify

Photo Via U.S. Army troops in 2006 in Kunar province, Afghanistan.​ General Stanley A. McChrystal​Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan recently opined how strange it is that General Stanley McChrystal, our top commander in Afghanistan, has not been asked to testify before ... More >>

Good News For Your Next Vacation to Afghanistan

www.funnyphotos.net.auPlanning a little weekend getaway to lovely Afghanistan? Bird watching in the FARC-controlled jungles of Colombia? Visiting a quaint little health spa in Mogadishu? You're in luck.Thanks to a bill signed into law today by governor Jay Nixon, Missouri life insurance providers ca ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

Festus Soldier Helps Afghanistan Grow Stuff

Sgt. Jen Dipley, of Festus and of the Missouri Army National Guard, shipped out to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, five weeks ago, not to hunt for terrorists or WMD but to help the Afghans develop their own sustainable agriculture system.That means stuff they can eat, not stuff we can smoke.

Three for Three: 6.27-6.29

Overkill

Some readers say Cloy Richards is the exception, not the rule.

True/False Festival: Dispatch the Second

Bat Signal

Current Shows

Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Current Shows

Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Pomeroy

Friday, November 25; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of October 26, 2005

Afghan Revel

Sameem is a dream fulfilled -- for the owner and for us

Film Openings

Week of June 15, 2005

Home Fires Burning

A soldier returns a changed man in the gripping Danish drama Brothers

Head East

Experience ancient beauty in the Saint Louis Art Museum's Asian Galleries

Series/Festivals

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of January 21, 2004

Hide-and-Seek

Week of March 27, 2002

Arabian Nightmare

A road through hell, paved with good intentions, points the way to Kandahar

MacroFun

Afghan arts and culture get a day in the spotlight at local importer MacroSun

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Is It Safe Yet?

For Muslims in St. Louis, politics gets personal as fear dominates their lives

Patriot Games

With a distant war, a vague enemy and no access, local media are left waving the flag

Letters

Published the week of September 13-19, 2000

The Official Story

U.S. policy boosted the Taliban into power, and reluctance to anger Afghan ally Pakistan helps keep them there

The Torture Place

He was a godless communist journalist in Afghanistan -- so they took his eye, cut his ear and splashed acid all over his body. Now he is safe in St. Louis. But still burning.

AGAINST THE GRAIN

Time and progress have conspired to end the working life of the last grain elevator in St. Louis County