War and Conflict

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

Metric

8 p.m. Tuesday, October 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard. $30 to $34. 314-726-6161.

The Joyce of Reason: Circuit Attorney Tweets Complaint About National Priorities

US military drone strikes killing civilians? PACs masquerading as non-profits to get tax breaks and influence elections? B-b-b-b-BORING. Let's talk more about NFL referees. Thanks to Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce for saying this morning what needs to be said: I get that people care about football ... More >>

Hayes Carll

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

Our Own Battlefield

The Civil Wars Is Coming To The Pageant

​Classicist folk band the Civil Wars is coming back to St. Louis. The time off has been good to the duo -- April's show at Old Rock House was a sold-out success, and this time it'll be at the Pageant: January 15th, with an opener to javascript:void(0);be determined. Tickets are $20 and go on ... More >>

Never Forget: 9/11 Memorials, Events in STL This Sunday

There will be 3,000 flags planted in Forest Park to honor the dead.​ On September 11, 2001, the country was shaken by terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Ten years later, St. Louis is coming together to remember -- and pay homage both to those lost in the attacks and ... More >>

9/11 Anniversary Brings Questionable Food Tributes

Wikimedia CommonsWe will never forget. Unless we overdo it on the 9/11 commemorative wine.​In the decade since the 9/11 terror attacks, there's been no shortage of commemoration. Some touching and beautiful. Others ham-fisted but heartfelt. And some that were blatantly out to make a buck on a ... More >>

Roy Blunt Confirms: Osama Bin Laden is Dead

Blunt agrees. Bin Laden is dead.​U.S. Senator Roy Blunt yesterday viewed the photos of Osama bin Laden taken after Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida leader this month in Pakistan. In a statement yesterday, Blunt said the pictures leave no doubt. "The pictures were conclusive, along with the DNA evid ... More >>

Obama Kills Osama! President OK's Raid That Kills al-Qaida Leader

Osama bin Laden died yesterday following a U.S. raid in Pakistan.​Well, that only took 3,519 days. What began on September 11, 2001, and grew to become the biggest manhunt ever known to mankind ended yesterday in a suburban compound deep inside Pakistan. That's where an elite team of U.S. military ... More >>

Poll: Does Death of Osama bin Laden Make the World Safer?

Will his death create more violence?​The State Department has issued a worldwide travel advisory for Americans following the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. forces yesterday. For now, at least, it's unclear what bin Laden's death might mean for al-Qaida, the terrorist group he helped ... More >>

About Those Virgins Promised to Osama bin Laden

Today's comment of the day comes in response to our coverage of Osama bin Laden's death yesterday at the hands of an elite U.S. military force. Unlike Rush Limbaugh, reader "Kitty" wasn't about to give President Barack Obama one iota of credit for bin Laden's death. But, wow, can Kitty come up with ... More >>

The Civil Wars at the Old Rock House, 4/23/11: Review

Photo by Ettie Berneking​The Civil Wars/White Dress Old Rock House Saturday, April 23 With robotic club-thumpers dominating the mainstream, it's refreshing to spend an evening listening to a band that takes crafts its music on the strength of powerful voices and the thrumming of a single gui ... More >>

The Civil Wars

8 p.m. Saturday, April 23. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

Dennis L. Baker: New Boss of St. Louis FBI

Dennis Baker​The FBI this morning announced that Dennis L. Baker will take over as "special agent in charge" of the agency's St. Louis division. Baker replaces Roland Corvington, who served just 11 months in the position before retiring to take over as the director of public safety for Saint Louis ... More >>

Mohamud Abdi Yusuf: St. Louis Taxi Driver Accused of Funding Somali Terrorists

Yusuf and his accomplices were believed to be in contact with Aden Hashi Ayrow (above), the leader of al-Shabaab until his death in May 2008 from a missle attack.​A man who immigrated to St. Louis from Somalia and worked as a driver for Express Airport Cab has been charged with funding a terrorist ... More >>

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 >>

Khalid Ouazzani: Missouri Man Admits Funneling Money to Al Qaeda

Khalid Ouazzani​An auto-parts dealer from Kansas City yesterday pleaded guilty to sending $23,000 to the terrorist group, al Qaeda. Khalid Ouazzani, a 32-year-old Moroccan immigrant, sold his Truman Used Auto Parts in August 2007 and donated $6,500 from the proceeds to al Qaeda. Months earlier -- ... More >>

Mo. State Senator Gary Nodler Doesn't Want Gay Troops to Offend Islamic Nations

Gary Nodler: Leader of a queer debate in Jeff City.​Updated 11:50 a.m.Gary Nodler just called Daily RFT to inform us that Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger got the context of his argument wrong during yesterday's committee meeting debating whether or not gays should be allowed to openly serve ... More >>

Odds of Dying in Terrorist Attack on Airline: 1 in 25 million; Struck by Lightning: 1 in 500,000

​The Wall Street Journal had a compelling essay this weekend about the hysteria surrounding the attempted bombing of a Christmas Day flight into Detroit and the subsequent tightening of airline security. In his article "Undressing the Terrorist Threat", author Paul Campos (a law professor at Unive ... More >>

No Canada: U.S. military deserters once again flock to Canada to avoid war. Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

Guantánamo's Final Days: America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

Medina Wasl, USA

The ultimate war game

Off with His Furry Little Head! The Rep's Lieutenant of Inishmore defies description. Just go see it.

Off with His Furry Little Head! The Rep's Lieutenant of Inishmore defies description. Just go see it.

Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1

Captain America

Navy SEAL Eric Greitens has come home to St. Louis to help fellow Iraq vets.

Five years after government resignation, protester still fired up

Stop-Loss does its best not to mention the Iraq war

James McMurtry

9:30 p.m. Friday, January 18. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Holy Cow!

Leave bovines and lawn artists alone.

Overkill

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

Mid-America Jihad?

Leaders of a now-defunct international aid charity face charges of funneling money to Iraq.

CSI:IRAQ Goes to Court

St. Louis archaeologist Sonny Trimble takes the stand in Saddam Hussein's trial, and the nation is riveted.

CSI:IRAQ Goes to Court

Forensic archaeologist Sonny Trimble takes the witness stand in Baghdad, and the nation is riveted

CSI:IRAQ

Sonny Trimble's grave undertaking: unearthing the victims of Saddam's slaughter.

One Day in September

A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the Twin Towers.

What If . . .

A cadre of Missourians stand at the vanguard of the 9/11 "truth movement." Just don't call them conspiracy theorists.

Fear of Flying

You may not want to see United 93, but you should

"I Punched Saddam in the Mouth"

Meet Samir, the St. Louis auto mechanic who pulled Saddam Hussein from his spider hole

Land Minds

Weaponry isn't the only military component that has gotten more sophisticated in Iraq

Blow Up

If you must drop a bomb, drop it here -- not there

Does It Bother You That We're on Color-Coded Alerts?

Week of February 26, 2003

War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Hell of a Long Day

24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

Look Who Didn't Trust the Feds

A blast from the past in the war on terrorism

Amused to Death

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

Knowledge Gained the Hard Way

Just a week ago, we were so very different

An Act of War, Not a Crime

This is no time to be wringing our hands. We have to treat this as an act of war.

The Official Story

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