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Ask a Mexican: Are Mexicans not as Catholic as they're cracked up to be?

RIP The Sporting News -- After 126 Years, Finally Irrelevant

The Sporting News has never had a swimsuit issue. For most of the first century of its existence, it didn't even have color photography. Instead, it had box scores. Lots and lots of box scores. And a special section for participants in fantasy leagues. Yes, TSN, founded in St. Louis in 1886 by the ... More >>

Missourians File Petition With White House to Secede From Union

Missouri has joined a growing list of states petitioning the federal government for secession in the wake of President Obama's reelection. Residents in at least 20 states have posted petitions on the White House's "We the People" website. "We the People" allows anyone to suggest a policy initiativ ... More >>

Someone Still Loves You, Todd Akin

You'd think that after "legitimate rape" and "unladylike" (and the fact that the two terms have become so infamous, we don't even have to explain them), plus the new thing about how companies should be "free" to pay women less than men for equal work (watch for "freedom" to join the Akin buzzword li ... More >>

Arizona Winning, And What It Means to St. Louis

Last night, the Arizona Wildcats won the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, putting an end to the hopes for a third straight national title for South Carolina. It's the fourth national championship in school history for the U of A, their first since 1986, and caps off a magical run that saw th ... More >>

Are You a Missourian Who Wants God Out of Government? Meet Your Fellows

The Secular Coalition of America -- an umbrella group comprised of non-theists, believers in the separation of church and state, freethinkers, and others going straight to Hell -- is trying to open a chapter in Missouri. They're based in D.C., but they're now launching the second of five phases to g ... More >>

Missouri's Prison Population Getting Older

In Missouri, the percentage of state prisoners age 50 and over has doubled in the past ten years, rising to 15.3 percent of all inmates in fiscal year 2010, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch, titled "Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States." That change repr ... More >>

Missouri's 2012 Primary Election Would Be Very Telling If It Weren't Officially Meaningless

​A couple of weeks ago, Huffington Post blogger Will Bower wrote, "This February 7th, 2012, I'll be paying closer attention to Missouri's primary results and asking myself 'What if Missourians had been able to go first this time 'round?'" Bower, an outspoken crusader for election reform, proposed ... More >>

Time For Missouri To Lose Its Hillbilly Status on Cigarettes

Cigarette machine or Missouri voting booth? You decide!​Fred Teutenberg would call Missouri "the last refuge of the persecuted smoker." That's one way to describe the state with the lowest cigarette taxes in the nation. Another would be to call it a hillbilly outlier, and justifiably so. When even ... More >>

Don't Worry Folks, Your Truck Nutz Are Safe in Missouri

trucknutz.comFake bull testicles swing into court this month.​If you haven't heard (and how could you not, given the gravitas of the issue!?), a 65-year-old woman in South Carolina is scheduled for trial this month for having the, ahem, balls to flout the state's obscenity laws. Last month, Virgin ... More >>

Pinkel's Five Greatest Wins At Mizzou

​InsideSTL.com has a fun little list up this week recalling the greatest University of Missouri football victories under Gary Pinkel. For those who grew up in the '80s and '90s (when  Mizzou replaced football coaches as frequently as you and I change toothbrushes), it's hard to believe that P ... More >>

Roberts Brothers Sacked with Million-Dollar Judgment Against WRBU Channel 46

cnn.comSteven (left) and Michael Roberts have been called the "Black Donald Trumps" though these days they seem more like the bankrupt Mr. Trump circa 1991.​Here's a follow-up to a story Daily RFT first told you about back in February. Last week CBS filed an injunction in St. Louis County Circuit ... More >>

Organic Ground Beef Recalled

Organic doesn't mean perfect. 34,000 pounds of organic Nature's Harvest ground beef has been recalled for possible E. coli contamination, according to KTVN in Reno, Nevada. The beef was sold in California, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Washington State.Flights from Newark migh ... More >>

Sorry State: Are Mexicans the reason behind New Mexico's dismal state rankings?

Missouri Attorney General Goes to Bat for Arizona's Immigration Law

Koster: Como se dice "bandwagon" in espanol?​Two days after Republicans bolstered their numbers in the Show-Me State and across the nation, Missouri's Republican-turned-Democrat attorney general is out with a move that's sure to please the Tea Party masses. Chis Koster announced today he is leadin ... More >>

Chef Shuffle at Bistro 1130: Marc Felix Gone Before It Opened

Ian Froeb​Eric Miranne, the owner of Bistro 1130, which opened in September at 1130 Town & Country Crossing Drive, got in touch with me this week to clear up a misunderstanding. In the build-up to Bistro 1130's opening, this blog and most other St. Louis food publications focused on the fact t ... More >>

Band of Horses

8 p.m. Wednesday, October 13. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Blues City Deli Celebrates Its Sixth Birthday With a Music-Filled Party

Robin WheelerVince Valenza making one of the Blues CIty Deli's famous sandwiches.​The Blues City Deli is celebrating its sixth year in business tomorrow with its third-annual free street festival. Dubbed "The Blues City Deli Streetfest 2010," the event is becoming one of the eatery/venue's mos ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Last Refuge of the Penny-Pinching Smoker: Missouri!

Image viaCheap cheap! Gummed lungs!​On July 1, Missouri will have the cheapest smokes in the entire U.S. of A.Previously, only South Carolina's excise tax was lower. But last month, lawmakers there voted to increase it to 57 cents per pack. In Missouri, the bargain basement ciggie tax is still at ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Love her or hate her: RFT readers take sides over Red Latina's Cecilia Velazquez

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Caps

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Caps

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Gut Check: Going Tapas

Secret Santa

Snag part of Unreal's crapucopia of gifts for your office gift exchange!

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of February 2, 2006

Hue Are You?

The Rep Studio series produces a riveting Yellowman

Everybody's Doing It

Unreal plays fair with an all-inclusive sex survey and celebrates the St. Louis Centre skybridge's dramatic relocation to the Loop

Film Openings

Week of June 1, 2005

One for the Girls

Traveling Pants is an ill fit for the screen, but teens and tweens will love it

Born to Scoot

For the St. Louis Scooterists, there's no better season than summer

Let's Play Two

The Black Rep and Stages provide a Yankee doubleheader

Hoofers' Holiday

The annual St. Louis Tap Festival steps smartly into town

Series/Festivals

Week of February 6, 2002

O, Brother, When Art Thou?

Tim Blake Nelson's new Othello seems to be a man out of time

Letters

Week of January 24, 2001

Tanya Savory, Stacey Earle and Dave Moore

Thursday, Sept. 7; Ike's Place, Washington University

So It's Come to This

Our fair city is overrun by presidential contenders; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles