John Ashcroft

Country Club Sopranos: American banks are on a massive crime spree. Obama and Romney hope you won't notice.

Todd Akin Finds His Own "Reverend Wright" In Radical Militia Leader

This week isn't the first time Todd Akin has had to answer questions about his relationship with Tim Dreste, one of the country's most infamous anti-abortion activists of the 1990s. But with election day just two weeks away, a national media that's always achin' for some Akin, and news that Akin was ... More >>

Missouri Realtors Lead Fight Against "Fair Tax" Initiative

Missouri realtors not sold on so-called "Fair Tax." ​Financier Rex Sinquefield may have found his most formidable (and numerous) opponent yet: Missouri's licensed real-estate agents. Last week the Missouri Association of Realtors (representing some 18,000 brokers in the state) renewed its oppositi ... More >>

Does Making Missouri More "Job Friendly" Always Require Screwing the Working Class?

New proposals would allow Missouri employers to really crack that whip.​The question above immediately comes to mind when considering a spate of "pro business" proposals currently being debated in Jefferson City. One of the proposals would repeal Missouri's minimum wage law, allowing employers to ... More >>

Sinquefield's Tax Reform Labeled "Fiscally Untenable"; Could Require 12% Sales Tax

jamesrmoody.comJames Moody​An analysis of nine ballot initiatives financier Rex Sinquefield submitted to state officials this month calling for the elimination of Missouri's income tax has concluded that the state would require a sales tax of 12 percent in order to make up for lost revenue if any ... More >>

New Dem Party Chair Susan Montee: "We're Down About as Far as We Can Go"

Can she bring her party out of the doldrums?​One month after Missouri's Democratic candidates suffered a series of bruising defeats in the midterm elections, the party swiftly moved to make a change at the helm. Out as party chairman is Craig Hosmer, who held the post for two years. In his p ... More >>

Amongst Us

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

18 Symbols That Should Be Made "Official" in Missouri

​In Missouri, legislators didn't think it was a good idea to name a dead dog as the official state canine. On Thursday, the state House defeated a bill aimed at making "Seamen," the dog that accompanied Lewis and Clark on their trip West, the official canine in our state. As the Post-Dispatch ... More >>

US Fidelis Files for Bankruptcy; Owners of Auto Warranty Firm Used Company Like ATM

kmov.comUS Fidelis paid the mortgage for Darian Atkinson's gaudy mansion in Lake St. Louis. ​Wentzville-based US Fidelis filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The company that sells extended auto warranties has been under attack since last April when the Better Business Bureau announced that ... More >>

Citygarden Officially Opens; Francis Slay to Construction Crew: "Tear Down Those Fences!"

On a sunny and breezy morning today, elected officials and members of the Gateway Foundation, opened up the 2.9-acre Citygarden to the media, touting its role in reshaping downtown's Gateway Mall.Photo: Nick LucchesiLeft to right, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, park architect Warren Byrd, St. Louis A ... More >>

Citygarden To Open July 1; Downtown Park Will Provide City a Permanent Facelift

Aerial rendering of Citygarden. The much anticipated Citygarden, which hopes to further propel downtown St. Louis' revitalization efforts, opens to the public at 6 a.m. on July 1. Situated on a two-block stretch between 8th and 10th streets -- bounded by Chestnut Street on the north and M ... More >>

The Daily RFT mourns Mickey Carroll, looks into a report of police brutality and catches up with Catherine Hanaway

OldestProfession2.0: A new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district

Black Christmas

One reader wants to flush the RFT, another is flushed with pride.

No news is good news.

The questions Steven Colbert didn't ask.

Second City in the River City

Still funny after 45 years

Too Large for Worry, Too Strong for Fear

Unreal meets a guy who's Optimistic about Iraq, laments the banning of ephedra and listens in on an argument between sports columnists; plus we help you (yes, you!) enter the P-D essay contest

Love the Gun You're With

Meet one of the minds behind concealed-carry

Purple Power

In less than four years, Grant Williams has turned a weak union local into one of Missouri's most potent political forces. So why's he placing all his bets on One-Term Bob?

In the Ghetto

Polanski returns to Poland

Stupid Racist Tricks

St. Louis' homegrown white-rights leader rises with Lott's fall

Project/Object

Tuesday, October 22; Cicero's

Sticks, Stones and Stanze

Week of July 24, 2002

Stanze's Two-Step

Master of extreme video gore scandalized by shocking profile of his work

Bittersweet Symphony

Band Together, a local orchestra that performs for free, does much more than represent the gay and lesbian musical community

Channel Change

Hey, you! Stop calling it Riverport! UMB has dibs now!

Empty Promises

Missouri has been pouring millions into prisons that aren't being used. But stay tuned: If politicians have their way, there will be plenty of inmates to go around.

Hair-Raising Experience

Week of January 23, 2002

Letters

Week of February 7, 2001

Marketing Tool

It's all semantics: A single CD and a four-track video compilation now constitutes a boxed set. When will it end?

Letters

Week of November 8, 2000

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 18

Caustic Heaven

On Songs for a Caustic Guitar, St. Louis popster Geoff Kessell delivers witty lyrics wrapped in good guitar work

Show-Me Neglect

"Deadbeat dads" in the Missouri governor's mansion

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of October 4, 2000

The Reinvention of Jim Talent

Published the week of October 4, 2000

Unhealthy Relationship

John Ashcroft gets a shot in the arm from the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, as well as other lobbying groups opposed to a true Patients' Bill of Rights

Running Scared

Rally in St. Louis exposes Democrats' weak strategy

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of July 5-11, 2000

John Ashcroft's Drug Money

Art-To-Art Talk

What people talk about when they talk about art

The Deal of the Century

Convention and Visitors Commission honcho John Ferrara gets hot and bothered about the RFT's treatment of the Trans World Dome deal; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles

OUR OLD HOMETOWN FIGHTER PLANE

WHEN PRO-LIFE MEANS MORE ABORTIONS

IS JOHN ASHCROFT A RACIST, OR DOES HE JUST PLAY ONE ON TV?

Letters to the Editor

Short Cuts

Letters to the Editor

A Frightening Talent for Politics

Out of Order

When the case of a woman who claimed she was fired after refusing sex with her boss came before Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr., he didn't just issue an order. He let the world know a little too much about his politics and what he thinks about the "de