Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 9, 2010

  "Tears of a Town"

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2012 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

• Stephen Colbert: Missouri's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Would Make Us "The Don't-Show-Me State"

  published May 02, 2012

  As we reported last week, the "Don't Say Gay Bill" -- proposed by Missouri House Republicans and designed to severely restrict discussion of homosexuality in public schools -- is still in committee. N... More >>

• KMOV Betrays Anti-Gun Liberal Media Conspiracy with Positive Gun Story

  published May 01, 2012

  Whoa. KMOV Channel 4 has gone way off-script. What is reporter Maggie Crane doing reporting the story of 69-year-old Ed Gischerr This is the guy who, in the wee hours of Monday morning, was snoozing i... More >>

• Open Letter to a Traffic-Jammin' Beauty

  published Apr 30, 2012

  Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.What does a girl have to dor ...continued after the... More >>

• Giant Dragonfly Attacks Truck on South Side

  published Apr 27, 2012

  Spied this in Benton Park West today, on Texas Avenue between Pestalozzi and Crittendon Streets: We're not sure what the occasion is. Nor whether the owner would need some kind of permit. (But if a pe... More >>

• US Marine from St. Charles Gets Super Intense Dissing the Wars and Obamney

  published Apr 26, 2012

  Here's a compelling vid from the Third District GOP convention last weekend (which seemed to be, in essence, a rally for third-party libertarian candidate, Ron Paul): This is US Marine Major Christoph... More >>

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  Coin-Roll Scam That Rocked Maplewood Has Medieval Roots

  published Apr 25, 2012

  Shut up and listen because you're about to learn history -- usable history. As reported Monday by KTVI Fox2Now, a band of ne'er-do-wells paid visits to Kakao Chocolate in Maplewood and other area busi... More >>

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  First-Ever Live "Bird-Cam" On Turkey Vultures in Missouri Picks Up Rarely-Seen Behavior

  published Apr 24, 2012

  Last spring, the live "eagle cam" feed from Decorah, Iowa blew up the Internets, making national news and entrancing millions of people in 184 countries who watched bald eagles hatch their eggs in rea... More >>

• Kathleen Madigan: Missourians Don't Feel "Crazy State Pride"

  published Apr 23, 2012

  Kathleen Madigan -- native St. Louisan, former Houlihan's server and now one of the most successful comics in the country  --  recently reflected on her home state in an interview with Bosto... More >>

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  Ted Nugent's Outrageous Remarks at the NRA Conference: What the Videos Don't Show

  published Apr 19, 2012

  While reporting our current feature on the 2012 NRA Conference, I happened to be walking past right when Ted Nugent made these remarks: As you've probably heard, the Secret Service has arranged a mee... More >>

• In Response to Incident, County Police Sharpen Rules for Cops Who Drink & Drive Patrol Cars

  published Apr 18, 2012

  The St. Louis County Police force is now holding its own employees to a higher standard than it applies to the public vis-a-vis boozin' and cruisin'.For a regular Joe behind the wheel in Missouri, the... More >>

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  Straight Shootin': The firepower at the NRA convention is incredible, just like the rhetoric

  published April 19, 2012

  For a bunch of so-called "gun nuts," the 70,000-plus who start to swarm downtown on Friday for the 2012 National Rifle Association's Annual... More >>

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  The NRA Conference Is About To Rock Your Face; And Not Just With Guns

  published Apr 13, 2012

  Whoowee! The America Center was all a-bustle yesterday with fork lifts bleeping, booths erecting, gun-lovers registering, and Daily RFT trying not to have an over-stimulated panic attack. Today begins... More >>

• Twitter Gets Help from SLU Prof on How to Deal With Indigenous Tweeters

  published Apr 11, 2012

  If you're one of the five remaining speakers of "Yuchi" -- a near-extinct Native American language in Oklahoma -- your tweets will look insane, even to those within your linguistic group. That's becau... More >>

• Today You Can Weigh in on Arch Grounds Renovation -- Sort Of

  published Apr 10, 2012

  The Missouri Department of Transportation is holding an "open-house style" public meeting today, from 3 to 5 pm at City Hall. The topic: How should we reconnect downtown with our river and national mo... More >>

• Wasted Dude in Columbia Ends Up on Roof; Nobody Can Figure Out How

  published Apr 06, 2012

  Daily RFT knows how it feels to get cross-eyed, pants-pooping wasted in Columbia. We're not proud of it, but yeah, we've been there. However, we have never been woken up by the cops on the roof of a t... More >>

• If You Like Guns, Ted Nugent, Mitt Romney & More Guns, the NRA's Got a Deal for You!

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Next weekend, more than 60,000 people are flocking to downtown St. Louis for the 2012 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits! This is a huge deal because, first of all, I will have a ... More >>

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  Erik Anker Conquers First-Ever RFT Standup Throwdown, Earth

  published Apr 03, 2012

  The room was packed to the gills and the competition fierce, but on Sunday night we crowned a champion in our inaugural RFT Standup Throwdown: Mr. Erik Anker! The sold-out crowd at The Maryland House ... More >>

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  The Big (Tobacco-Related) Threat to Missouri's Budget You've Probably Never Heard Of

  published Mar 30, 2012

  Is anybody in America more hospitable to small tobacco companies than the Show-Me Stater Not only do we levy the lowest cigarette tax in the entire nation (a paltry 17 cents per pack).  Our legis... More >>

• 'Shrooms Poppin' Up, Missourians Gittin' Some

  published Mar 28, 2012

  With gray and yellow morels peeking out of the soil all across Missouri, the Internets are all abuzz that the mushroom-foraging season has begun.  Judging from a statewide chat room (where users ... More >>

• Hey, Intellectual Property Law Students: Here's the Kind of Stuff You'll Have to Write

  published Mar 27, 2012

  Some of you law-schoolers will graduate with crushing debt and zero job prospects, but  the luckier amongst you will find jobs -- possibly in the hot field of intellectual property (or "IP") law,... More >>

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  Come see St. Louis comics battle in RFT's 2012 Standup Throwdown!

  published March 29, 2012

  It takes an extraordinary set of balls — metaphorically speaking — to even try stand-up. Not because public speaking is scary... More >>

• Martin Sigillito, Alleged Ponzi Schemer, Defends Himself by Blaming Whistleblowing Secretary

  published Mar 26, 2012

  Martin Sigillito, a Clayton attorney and American Anglican bishop accused of running a $66 million Ponzi scheme, is now defending himself at his federal trial by blaming the secretary who blew the whi... More >>

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  [UPDATED] Whose Audio Clip is Funnierr Vote for the Final Four in RFT's Standup Throwdown

  published Mar 22, 2012

  Update: These were some very tight races, but at last, we have our Final Four. Congrats to Kenny Kinds, Kris Wernowsky, Shaun Arredondo and Erik Anker! We hope to see the rest of you, and the voting p... More >>

• Possible Alternative to Illinois "Skin Tax": Annual License Fee for Strip Clubs

  published Mar 20, 2012

  Instead of trying to tax strip clubs $5 per patron in order to fund aid to sexual assault victims, Illinois state senator Toi Hutchinson may instead propose raising the funds by levying an annual lice... More >>

• Today Begins Trial of Martin Sigillito, Allegedly the Biggest Ponzi Schemer in St. Louis History

  published Mar 19, 2012

  The criminal trial of Martin Sigillito begins today, and it's going to be a doozy -- the federal Eastern District of Missouri has set aside four full weeks for it. Sigillito, an American Anglican bish... More >>