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May 18, 2012
The Educated Guess' Charlie Brumley on Symphonic Pop and Soundtracking the Civil War
Back in 2008, the Educated Guess released two fine, grandiose albums, Beautiful Strangers and West Skyline Drive, that paired big-sky Americana with well-orchestrated arrangements that called to mind the symphonic masterpieces of Roy Orbison and Born to Run-era Springsteen. After that initial burst, ... More >>
Culture
February 2, 2012
Battledrum's Civil War story line will resonate with young and old alike
Back in 2008, the Educated Guess released two fine, grandiose albums, Beautiful Strangers and West Skyline Drive, that paired big-sky Americana with well-orchestrated arrangements that called to mind the symphonic masterpieces of Roy Orbison and Born to Run-era Springsteen. After that initial burst, ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
KKK Fliers Found on MLK Day -- Or Is it Robert E. Lee Day?
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Thrown Out At Home
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The Beat of War
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The Beat of War
Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Missouri State Band Reignites Debate Over "Dixie"
Image via"Dixie" came out of blackface minstrel shows in the mid-19th Century.The song "Dixie" was born from the blackface minstrel shows of the mid-19th century. The lyrics take the perspective, and exaggerated dialect, of a free slave who aches to return to his days of plantation bondage. The f ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Confederate Shrine Vandalized in Missouri; Southern Nationalists Outraged
The Southern Nationalist Network would have the vandal know: Them fightin' words.The Civil War ended nearly 150 years ago but North-South animosity evidently remains in Cape Girardeau where a vandal this week defaced a monument to Confederate soldiers. As the Southeast Missourian reports, someone ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Demolished: Five St. Louis Restaurants That Are No More
Laura Ann MillerDel Taco: Set to join Noah's Ark and the Parkmoor?We're all abuzz about the possible demolition of the Googie-style Del Taco on Grand, enough to merit Facebook pages and news stories about how outraged -- outraged! -- we are as a city. Were we equally outraged when these othe ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
The Civil War by Boat
Laura Ann MillerDel Taco: Set to join Noah's Ark and the Parkmoor?We're all abuzz about the possible demolition of the Googie-style Del Taco on Grand, enough to merit Facebook pages and news stories about how outraged -- outraged! -- we are as a city. Were we equally outraged when these othe ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Why They're Called "Sawbones"
Laura Ann MillerDel Taco: Set to join Noah's Ark and the Parkmoor?We're all abuzz about the possible demolition of the Googie-style Del Taco on Grand, enough to merit Facebook pages and news stories about how outraged -- outraged! -- we are as a city. Were we equally outraged when these othe ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
The Civil War by Boat
Laura Ann MillerDel Taco: Set to join Noah's Ark and the Parkmoor?We're all abuzz about the possible demolition of the Googie-style Del Taco on Grand, enough to merit Facebook pages and news stories about how outraged -- outraged! -- we are as a city. Were we equally outraged when these othe ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
Website Has Everything You Wanted to Know About Civil War Sesquicentennial -- But Were Afraid to Ask
Are you one of those history buffs eager to see the spot where Dred Scott was told that the Constitution afforded no civil rights to slaves like him? Are you dying to visit the Calvary Cemetery -- final resting place of William Tecumseh Sherman?We've got a website for you!Freedom's Gateway, a "co ... More >>
News
March 10, 2011
Ask a Mexican! Why do Mexicans like to write in ALL CAPS?
Are you one of those history buffs eager to see the spot where Dred Scott was told that the Constitution afforded no civil rights to slaves like him? Are you dying to visit the Calvary Cemetery -- final resting place of William Tecumseh Sherman?We've got a website for you!Freedom's Gateway, a "co ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2011
Comment of the Day: Local Control Argument Still Fueled by White Fright
Today's comment comes in response to a video making the rounds on the Internet in which the former president of the St. Louis Police Officers Association suggests that the state representative sponsoring a bill for local control of the St. Louis police department is a closet black radical. Reader ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
MO' War
Today's comment comes in response to a video making the rounds on the Internet in which the former president of the St. Louis Police Officers Association suggests that the state representative sponsoring a bill for local control of the St. Louis police department is a closet black radical. Reader ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Grant an Audience
Today's comment comes in response to a video making the rounds on the Internet in which the former president of the St. Louis Police Officers Association suggests that the state representative sponsoring a bill for local control of the St. Louis police department is a closet black radical. Reader ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Learn About the Civil War, Facebook-Style!
Image viaFun fact: What we call "pokes" now were actually cannonballs during the Civil War. Remember Barack Obama's Facebook feed? What a humorous, useful and easy way to learn about what our 44th president accomplished in his first 100 days in office!With the Civil War sesquicentennial upon us, ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2010
Civil War Atrocities Perpetrated Here Get Their Own Exhibit at National Archives
Image viaPOWs shot, execution style, here in the STL!An interactive exhibit soon to open at the National Archives in our nation's capital will be spotlighting a rather dark event that occurred in St. Louis during the Civil War. (Check out this morning's story in The Washington Post)The year was ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Whitman Sampler
Image viaPOWs shot, execution style, here in the STL!An interactive exhibit soon to open at the National Archives in our nation's capital will be spotlighting a rather dark event that occurred in St. Louis during the Civil War. (Check out this morning's story in The Washington Post)The year was ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2010
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Virgil, quick, come and see, there goes Robert E. Lee.-- The Band Read the Post-Dispatch account of yesterday's fire here.
Blogs
November 19, 2009
Mayor Slay Once Again Pushing for Local Control of St. Louis Police
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay used last week's critical audit of the St. Louis Police Department as one more reason why the law enforcement agency should be under local control. The St. Louis police department has operated under state control since the Civil War when out-state legislators feared that ... More >>
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October 1, 2008
Rail-Splitter, Country-Uniter
Abraham Lincoln's legacy
News
September 3, 2008
Cannon Fodder: The mystery of the Spanish gun in Forest Park
Abraham Lincoln's legacy
Calendar
July 23, 2008
Ironclad Friendship
James and Ulysses
Calendar
September 19, 2007
Children of the Revolution
James and Ulysses
Culture
April 4, 2007
Same old same old: Not even the Black Rep can save August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean.
Despite great performances, this one sinks.
Calendar
September 20, 2006
When Ulysses Met William
Despite great performances, this one sinks.
Calendar
May 8, 2002
Sidesaddle Rebel
A Missouri native hits the trail to make sure her Civil War novel is authentic in all details
Dining
November 14, 2001
Water Table
The Robert E. Lee once helped keep St. Louis fine dining afloat
Dining
November 14, 2001
Muddy Memories
The touristy Mesquite Charlie's will nonetheless satisfy those with a fondness for Old Man River
Dining
October 10, 2001
Side Dish
A smorgasbord of restaurant openings tempts diners
Dining
May 9, 2001
Side Dish
Negotiations for a new riverfront restaurant are going swimmingly
Calendar
May 17, 2000
5 Stars Are Born
The U. City Loop's Walk of Fame glows larger
News
October 13, 1999
IS JOHN ASHCROFT A RACIST, OR DOES HE JUST PLAY ONE ON TV?
The U. City Loop's Walk of Fame glows larger

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