The Taliban

Rapper's Sheet: Gang life inspired Yo Banga's music. Now it threatens to derail his career.

Daily Beast Profiles Dana Loesch, with Nod to RFT

The Daily Beast ran a lengthy profile yesterday of our town's Dana Loesch, darling of the conservative punditry, citing our own profile, penned by former staffer Kristen Hinman two years ago. The Beast article suggests that Loesch, who grew up in Arnold, attended Webster University and co-founded ... More >>

Dana Loesch Would "Drop Trou" and Pee On Dead Taliban

Mark AndresenClick here to see what else Loesch would do to dead Taliban​If you haven't heard by now, St. Louis Tea Party co-founder and CNN political analyst Dana Loesch landed in hot water recently when she spoke in defense of U.S. Marines videotaped urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban figh ... More >>

Beat 'Em Blue and Blackhawks

Mark AndresenClick here to see what else Loesch would do to dead Taliban​If you haven't heard by now, St. Louis Tea Party co-founder and CNN political analyst Dana Loesch landed in hot water recently when she spoke in defense of U.S. Marines videotaped urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban figh ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden: The Ten Worst Songs He Inspired

Image via​Osama Bin Laden is dead, and suddenly countless well meaning, appallingly jingoistic songs made in the wake of 9/11 have taken on a whole new context. We'd call it vindication except we actually listened to this stuff for over an hour, and... let's just say the straight-faced coverag ... More >>

The Tillman Story sets the record straight

Image via​Osama Bin Laden is dead, and suddenly countless well meaning, appallingly jingoistic songs made in the wake of 9/11 have taken on a whole new context. We'd call it vindication except we actually listened to this stuff for over an hour, and... let's just say the straight-faced coverag ... More >>

American soldiers, verite-style, in Restrepo

Image via​Osama Bin Laden is dead, and suddenly countless well meaning, appallingly jingoistic songs made in the wake of 9/11 have taken on a whole new context. We'd call it vindication except we actually listened to this stuff for over an hour, and... let's just say the straight-faced coverag ... More >>

If An Election Is Held In the County and Nobody Votes Does it Make A Sound?

geeks4ever.me/post/108421980/ifatreefalls​Or, a better question: do the results count?There are some important issues at stake in the off-year election coming up on November 3: Proposition N, the smoking ban initiative on which the fate of the city's recently passed ban hinges, and E-911, a sales ... More >>

Heart of the World

geeks4ever.me/post/108421980/ifatreefalls​Or, a better question: do the results count?There are some important issues at stake in the off-year election coming up on November 3: Proposition N, the smoking ban initiative on which the fate of the city's recently passed ban hinges, and E-911, a sales ... More >>

Guantánamo's Final Days: America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

geeks4ever.me/post/108421980/ifatreefalls​Or, a better question: do the results count?There are some important issues at stake in the off-year election coming up on November 3: Proposition N, the smoking ban initiative on which the fate of the city's recently passed ban hinges, and E-911, a sales ... More >>

WGNU Sale: The Addendum

geeks4ever.me/post/108421980/ifatreefalls​Or, a better question: do the results count?There are some important issues at stake in the off-year election coming up on November 3: Proposition N, the smoking ban initiative on which the fate of the city's recently passed ban hinges, and E-911, a sales ... More >>

Thursday Afternoon Random Web Links: News You Can Use, Abuse and Peruse

geeks4ever.me/post/108421980/ifatreefalls​Or, a better question: do the results count?There are some important issues at stake in the off-year election coming up on November 3: Proposition N, the smoking ban initiative on which the fate of the city's recently passed ban hinges, and E-911, a sales ... More >>

The Office Meets Deliverance

Satire and horror make for bad synergy in Severance

Mid-America Jihad?

Leaders of a now-defunct international aid charity face charges of funneling money to Iraq.

How many Mexicans does it take to screw in a light bulb?

One gabacho really wants to know.

London Fog

Woody Allen wanders through Scoop

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of October 26, 2005

Film Openings

Week of June 15, 2005

Home Fires Burning

A soldier returns a changed man in the gripping Danish drama Brothers

Head East

Experience ancient beauty in the Saint Louis Art Museum's Asian Galleries

Series/Festivals

Experience ancient beauty in the Saint Louis Art Museum's Asian Galleries

The Best Movies of the Year

We've picked our favorites -- let the debates begin

Letters

Week of August 4, 2004

Demo Derby

Commerce and art shake hands at the City Museum

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Mars Attacks!

Retro-purists be damned! The Boss Martians are breaking out of the garage.

Protest Songs

Songwriter, performer and left-wing activist Steve Earle turns his politics into art

Steve Earle

Jerusalem (Artemis/E-Squared)

In Harm's Way

Flying where no one is allowed to fly, bringing aid to people without hope

The Lord's Work?

In Frailty, it's a Texas massacre with God's blessings

City Hall Taliban

Week of April 10, 2002

Bud's Girl

Week of April 3, 2002

Price of Thugdom

Hardball tactics sully the robes of St. Francis and drown out his message

Wrecking Crew

Slay and his Old Post Office plan allies knock down two rivals with hardball and humiliation

Film Openings

Week of March 6, 2002

Arabian Nightmare

A road through hell, paved with good intentions, points the way to Kandahar

MacroFun

Afghan arts and culture get a day in the spotlight at local importer MacroSun

War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Twisted Sister

Sit down and shut up, class. Sister has a wonderful lesson to teach -- though it's never the same one twice.

Why Do You Think They Hate Us?

Week of October 10, 2001

Is It Safe Yet?

For Muslims in St. Louis, politics gets personal as fear dominates their lives

Patriot Games

With a distant war, a vague enemy and no access, local media are left waving the flag

Pledging Allegiance

All of a sudden, some immigrants are compelled to show their patriotism

The Big Fix

Public schools are broke all over, so why are only St. Louis and Kansas City getting charter schools?

Tedious People

The People Project only gets worse

Letters

Published the week of September 13-19, 2000

The Official Story

U.S. policy boosted the Taliban into power, and reluctance to anger Afghan ally Pakistan helps keep them there

The Torture Place

He was a godless communist journalist in Afghanistan -- so they took his eye, cut his ear and splashed acid all over his body. Now he is safe in St. Louis. But still burning.

News of the Weird

He was a godless communist journalist in Afghanistan -- so they took his eye, cut his ear and splashed acid all over his body. Now he is safe in St. Louis. But still burning.

News of the Weird

He was a godless communist journalist in Afghanistan -- so they took his eye, cut his ear and splashed acid all over his body. Now he is safe in St. Louis. But still burning.