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Screwball Economics: As another season begins, MLB faces an unsustainable future, and you're picking up the tab

David Clohessy and SNAP: Ten Years After Gaining Celebrity

Ten year's ago this month David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), was named one of the world's "25 Most Intriguing" by People magazine. Included in that 2002 class were actors and performers such as George Clooney and Britney Spears, world leaders the l ... More >>

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

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

Contemporary Art Museum: Paul Ha Is NOT Leaving for Job at MIT

Eastward, ho, Ha! As we can all now plainly see, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) director Paul Ha is moving to Massachusetts.​@paulha8Photographic evidence of Paul Ha in sedentary repose, a.k.a. staying put.​Updated 4:59 p.m.: Ten minutes after we published this post, Contemporary Art Mu ... More >>

Magical Mystery Store: Robert Smith has spent 44 years building Reunion Revolution's remarkable inventory

Comment of the Day: Liz Taylor's Parents Were More St. Louis Than London

Today's comment comes in response to a post yesterday calling into question a Post-Dispatch obituary on Liz Taylor that referred to the actresses parents as St. Louisans.That prompted the author of the Post-Dispatch piece, Joe Williams, to respond: According to some admittedly vague accounts, the Ta ... More >>

L.A. Times Restaurant Critic Outed. Literally.

Veteran restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila had an encounter that won't lead to a sparkling review. Tuesday night, while dining at Red Medicine in Beverly Hills, a managing partner took her photo and kicked her out. The manager, Noah Ellis, posted the photo on the restaurant's website with the messag ... More >>

Child Nutrition Bill Blocked

When the House voted on the Child Nutrition Bill yesterday, Republicans moved to amend. The Associated Press reports that the amendment to the $4.5 billion bill that would improve the nutritional quality school lunches and provide more free meals to needy kids was blocked by an amendment to require ... More >>

Twelve Music-Based Documentaries Screening at the Saint Louis International Film Festival

The movie Do It Again.​The annual St. Louis International Film Festival (that's SLIFF for short) began last night and runs through November 21. As it does every year, SLIFF features a generous selection of music-related documentaries. Here's the rundown. For the RFT's full coverage of the film ... More >>

SLIFF brings Icelandic improv, French rom-com, a Civil War spoof and more through November 21

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday Circulation Plummets

The latest circulation numbers aren't miraculous at all.​Across the country, the rate of decline at America's largest newspapers has begun to slow. For the last six months, they averaged a drop of 4.99 percent Monday through Friday, and 4.46 percent on Sunday, according to a report just out today ... More >>

Blessed are the Cheese-Makers; They are Keeping Their Farms

The rough economy has led many dairy farmers to artisan cheese-making. The Los Angeles Times interviews several farmers-turned-cheese-makers who faced losing their farms, but have found success in embracing traditional cheese-making. With all the talk about how horrible school lunches are, has any ... More >>

Online Tests Misdiagnose Childhood Food Allergies

Online food allergy testing for children isn't effective. The Daily Mail published a report on how British parents, impatient with doctors not recognizing their childrens' allergy symptoms, are often turning to alternative medical tests sold online. The results? Not good. Hundreds of thousands of ki ... More >>

Nation's Oldest Family Farm For Sale After Eleven Generations.

After 378 years, the country's oldest family-run farm is for sale. The Boston Globe reports that New Hampshire farmer Will Tuttle has cited lagging demand for the farm's goods. "This is a different business now,'' Tuttle said. "Farming at any level is a labor of love, but now the future is so uncert ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 6.16

Massachusetts sees a boom in agritourists. The Boston Globe reports that argitourism made $660,000 for farms and wineries in 2002 and more than $5.6 million in 2007. That's a lot of money for people watching farmers like Laura Tangerini do her chores. "Do I see it as a way to make a farm more profit ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 6.10

For the first time in over fifty years, Maker's Mark unveils a new product. The Boston Globe reports that the small batch bourbon stalwart, which has never made anything but bourbon, isn't veering too far from what they know best. Their new product? It's bourbon, but with a different recipe and agin ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 5.4

The James Beard Awards happened last night, honoring excellence in cooking and food media. The Boston Globe has all the winners. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's director of food safety, is leaving his post to teach at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. According to the Wall Str ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 5.4

The James Beard Awards happened last night, honoring excellence in cooking and food media. The Boston Globe has all the winners. Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's director of food safety, is leaving his post to teach at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. According to the Wall Str ... More >>

Link Rodeo: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Has a Sour Homecoming, Steve Almond Pisses Off Music Critics and New Rock Bios Galore!

Photo: Nick SchnelleBone Thugs-n-Harmony on Friday at Pop's in Sauget, Illinois. See full slideshow here.​I'm coming back from vacation just now, so I'm just getting back into the swing of posting -- bear with me... We should be so lucky that Friday's sold-out Bone Thugs-n-Harmony show at Pop ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Readers Grumble Over Jury for New Arch Grounds Design

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elasticsoul/ / CC BY-SA 2.0​Here are the folks who'll get to decide how the Arch grounds will look in 2015 (the year the monument turns 50). Commenters at stltoday.com are grumbling about one of them. Can you guess which one?Robert Campbell, architecture critic at The ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Monday, 9.14

​ Chipotle takes lead on supporting fair treatment of migrant tomato workers. (Gourmet)In defense of canned food, and the family who lived on stuff in their pantry all summer. (The Boston Globe, Omaha World-Herald)What's the big deal with the little hoki fish? (Dailyfinance.com)Is vegetable ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 9.10

​ President Obama endorses higher taxes on soda to help fund food stamps. (Kansas City Star)New FDA rule and reporting systems aims for contaminated food to be reported faster. (The Boston Globe)September 21 issue of The Nation focuses on food, with writings by Alice Waters and Michael Pollan ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 8.4

More oysters in the Chesapeake Bay -- though the population still has a long way to go to recover fully. (New York Times)Behind the scenes of the Cooks Illustrated empire. (Boston Globe)A new study links women's improved sex lives to red wine. (Wine Spectator)

The Morning Brew: 7.28.09

How nanotechnology could impact the food we eat. (Boston Globe)A case study in how food-safety practices break down, from Panera. (Chicago Tribune)A review of the latest entry in the Eat This, Not That! series. (Washington Post)

Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 11.26

A record number of Americans -- 30 million -- now use food stamps. (Los Angeles Times) Experts say the FDA needs a major overhaul under the new Obama administration. (Washington Post) The Great Massachusetts Meat Mystery: Who has left raw meat in the same public location six times now? And why? (Bo ... More >>

Who's Going to be Obama's White House Chef?

Circulation Seesaws at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Morning Brew: Friday, 2.1

The Morning Brew: Monday, 10/8

B-Sides gets personal with alt-folk troubadour Patty Griffin.

Then we snag an interview with country legend — and new friend of Lambchop — Charlie Louvin.

Thank Hell for Little Girls

Jailbait revenge fantasy is guilty pleasure, then pure torture

History Lesson

See Me, Hear Me, Read Me

Ethical issues take a back seat to synergy and branding in local sports media

Stone Diaries

After years of bitter silence, a Missouri baseball phenom talks about his legend

Requiem

St. Louisans come together to remember what was lost on 9/11

Confess, Greg

For years, Fletch was out of print. Now, his father explains why.

Jerry's Stringer

Just how many items in Jerry Berger's column come from PR man Richard Callow?

Brulee Brouhaha

The hot controversy over cold crème brûlée

The Reich Stuff

Brent Benjamin and the St. Louis Art Museum are examining whether 102 paintings in the collection have any ties to Nazi looting. But they won't identify the paintings for fear of tainting the works as "suspect." Their caution only raises suspicion.

Lost at Sea

Editor Cole Campbell has left in his dinghy, and the mutineers at the Post-Dispatch are jubilant. Now, the flagship is listing and the crew has no idea where it's headed.

HELLO, OUT THERE

Will someone from the Reform Party please report to the office?

News of the Weird

Waiting Room

The Black Rep's Waiting for Godot leaves the business of interpretation to the audience.

News of the Weird

News of the Weird