Lemons get a bad rap. When we buy a car that doesn’t run, we call it a lemon. When life gives you lemons, we say you should make lemonade, as if lemons were something merely to be endured. It’s not fair. Lemons are bright and sunshiny, brisk and invigo…
Mother, wife, lawyer: Erin Hawley calls the fight to overturn Roe ‘the project of a lifetime’
ST. LOUIS — Not surprisingly, the Hawley name is on one of the most controversial cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, an effort from Mississippi that could restrict abortion rights and overturn Roe v. Wade. But it’s not the Hawley doing a fist pump ou…
Editorial: Alito’s draft ruling is so self-contradictory that it calls court’s judgment into question
The Supreme Court draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade raises just as many arguments and counterarguments as the original ruling that Justice Samuel Alito excoriated in his opinion, leaked this week to Politico. Alito’s assertion that abortion rights d…
Ben Frederickson: Blues battling some no-good, old-fashioned bad luck as series against Wild shifts to home ice
A bright orange ladder could be found leaning against the wall outside of the Enterprise Center media room Thursday, but it’s not like Blues coach Craig Berube opened it up and walked beneath it. No black cats were spotted darting across the hallways. …
Editorial: Republican lawmakers now are looking for ways to punish election officials
It’s no secret that Republican state legislatures are working overtime to alter election laws in ways to twist American democracy to their favor. Having imposed rules that make it harder to vote and to discourage those who can’t vote in person, the new…
Editorial: Blindfold, scales for sale. Cheap
The leaked draft of five conservative justices’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade calls into question, like never before, the Supreme Court’s legitimacy in the eyes of the American public. Justices have long been united across philosophical lines in voi…
Arenado stakes Wainwright; Cardinals ace flushes Royals on one hit for seven innings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol adjusted his lineup Wednesday so that his top three producers this season were hitting 1-2-3. After Tommy Edman, Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, moved up from No. 4, had batted in the first inning …
Two cities, two days, two runs for Cardinals against Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Cardinals have epitomized in the past two days the missing offense in Major League Baseball. In two different cities, they have scored two runs in two games and were fortunate to win one of them. After the Cardinals’ 1-0 win on M…
A hat trick for Perron, a shutout for Husso in 4-0 Blues playoff win
For a couple weeks as Minnesota and St. Louis jockeyed down the stretch for playoff position, all the talk was about home-ice advantage. Who would get it? How much of a factor would it be? Well, Minnesota ended up with home ice by finishing second in t…
Diamondbacks walk over Cardinals, 6-2
ST. LOUIS — Well, the Cardinals and Paul Goldschmidt finally got that home run they were seeking Friday night after eight dry games. A lot of good it did. The singles machine that has been the Cardinals lately churned out only three singles to go with …