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Theodore Roosevelt

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Stan Kroenke Does Not Win the Dodgers Bidding War

    ​Apparently, the speed of business is very fast indeed when $2 billion is on the table. That's the record-breaking price offered to current Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt by the investment group helmed by Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten. McCourt agreed to the sale mere hours after Major Lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Hundreds Rally to Save St. Louis County Parks

    Photos: Ashley AtkinsDemonstrators blanketed the sidewalk and then packed a County Council meeting last night. ​A crowd that swelled to well over 200 people arrived to downtown Clayton yesterday to protest the proposed closing of dozens of St. Louis County Parks.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Champalou Chenin Blanc, DeMun Oyster Bar

    ​Jonathan Swift famously said, "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster." In all the years of evolution that have followed, some of that prehistoric boldness must remain in those of us who eat raw oysters in the Midwest. So they are not found naturally anywhere near where we are -- we puff ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 10, 2011

    Stray Dog mounts Distracted and screws the pooch

    ​Jonathan Swift famously said, "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster." In all the years of evolution that have followed, some of that prehistoric boldness must remain in those of us who eat raw oysters in the Midwest. So they are not found naturally anywhere near where we are -- we puff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Can Freedom Save Your Life?

    This book could save your life!​Another year in the most dangerous city in America. Gunshots went off everywhere at midnight on New Year's Day, and nobody gave you a bulletproof vest for Christmas. (Not that you asked for one. But still.) The good folks at ElectricLiterature have a solution. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    How Mark Twain Nearly Became the Grinch Who Stole Thanksgiving

    steamboattimes.com​On November 30, 1905, Mark Twain turned 70. That blessed occasion was marked by interviews with fawning reporters, equally fawning newspaper articles and plans for an elaborate birthday dinner at Delmonico's, then the fanciest restaurant in New York City. Unfortunately, Nov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    McKee's Attorney Quotes Teddy Roosevelt, Goes for a Final Bodyslam

    Image viaPainting of Paul McKee's dream​Paul Puricelli, the attorney representing developer Paul McKee, just filed Northside's final post-trial brief. It's a 32-page defense of the land magnate's plan for North St. Louis, a plan that aims to radically transform the City but for months has been thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Rod Blagojevich on Celebrity Apprentice: Week Two

    Image source​Two important revelations about former governor Rod Blagojevich from last night's episode of Celebrity Apprentice:1. Blago is still innocent.2. Blago has a thing for balloons.In this week's task, Donald Trump told the two teams to set up storefronts pimping Kodak's exciting new produc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Forget the Tea Party -- Coffee is the New Beverage of Political Action

    flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dcWhich St. Louis Coffee Party will reign supreme?​The St. Louis Tea Party turned one year old last weekend. To celebrate, not one, but two, fledgling political groups are throwing their own warm beverage parties. Coincidentally, but not surprisingly, both call themselves ... More >>

  • Film

    February 17, 2010

    Martin Scorsese's head trip Shutter Island is the good kind of insane

    flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dcWhich St. Louis Coffee Party will reign supreme?​The St. Louis Tea Party turned one year old last weekend. To celebrate, not one, but two, fledgling political groups are throwing their own warm beverage parties. Coincidentally, but not surprisingly, both call themselves ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 28, 2009

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

    ​Socialist. Nazi. Fascist. President Barack Obama has another title to add to his resume: Nobel Peace Prize winner. Yes, this morning the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway, announced the selection of Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Can Blagojevich Survive the Jungle? Reality Show Wants To Know

    Producers at NBC have asked former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to participate in a reality show titled, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"The show drops ten celebrities in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle "to face challenges designed to test their skills in adapting to the wilderness. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Blagojevich Pleads Not Guilty, Misquotes Theodore Roosevelt

    flickr.com/photos/jasonizedRod Blagojevich's recent troubles have been a great joy to anyone who likes a little Victorian poetry mixed with their political theater. Who else would have the audacity to quote Tennyson and, on multiple occasions, Kipling?Blago's favorite poem is Kipling's "If": "If you ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

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

    flickr.com/photos/jasonizedRod Blagojevich's recent troubles have been a great joy to anyone who likes a little Victorian poetry mixed with their political theater. Who else would have the audacity to quote Tennyson and, on multiple occasions, Kipling?Blago's favorite poem is Kipling's "If": "If you ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2008

    Hairy Times: St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute wants to put the 'stache back in style

    flickr.com/photos/jasonizedRod Blagojevich's recent troubles have been a great joy to anyone who likes a little Victorian poetry mixed with their political theater. Who else would have the audacity to quote Tennyson and, on multiple occasions, Kipling?Blago's favorite poem is Kipling's "If": "If you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2008

    Last Night: Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain at Lindenwood University, 9/20/08

    flickr.com/photos/jasonizedRod Blagojevich's recent troubles have been a great joy to anyone who likes a little Victorian poetry mixed with their political theater. Who else would have the audacity to quote Tennyson and, on multiple occasions, Kipling?Blago's favorite poem is Kipling's "If": "If you ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2008

    Mr. Ed-sident

    A little presidential horseplay

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    'Stache Bridges

    A little presidential horseplay

  • Calendar

    April 18, 2007

    That Linebacker Hits Like a Lady!

    A little presidential horseplay

  • Film

    December 20, 2006

    Film Openings

    Week of December 21, 2006

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2006

    Dare to Care

    About teddy bears

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2004

    Play Fair

    Explore the surreal side of Fair Saint Louis

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    The Many Moods of Blake Ashby

    Ashby can be scholarly or debonair, but he's just one man (and that man wants to be president); plus, the Sanford-Brown Indians take a hit, the handicapable fight terrorism, and the Wash. U. Absurdist Club gets passive-aggressive on your ass

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    The Star-Spangled Bender

    Hold on to your liver! An RFT salute to the coolest local watering holes you've never heard of.

  • News

    November 27, 2002

    Odd Ducks

    The fight to preserve St. Charles County floodplains makes for some strange bedfellows

  • Culture

    September 18, 2002

    Season's Greetings

    Two prominent companies unfurl their first productions of the fall season. So far, so good.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Crime Story

    Ghost letter from a powerbroker teaches Slay the perils of using the bully pulpit

  • News

    February 13, 2002

    A Mayor Runs Through It

    With the determination of a Missouri mule, Mayor Mike Swoboda drags a $40 million development into the heart of Kirkwood

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Really Strange Bedfellows

    With good guys like this, who needs bad guys?

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Letters

    Week of April 18, 2001

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    A Guest of Honor

    Scott Joplin receives a celebratory homecoming with Opera Theatre of St. Louis' revival of Treemonisha

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    PETER AND THE WOLF

    Why Missouri Botanical Garden's Peter Raven, world-renowned environmentalist, courts Monsanto's favor, boosts its biotech and takes its money

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Police Put St. Louis' Worst Hoof Forward

    Why Missouri Botanical Garden's Peter Raven, world-renowned environmentalist, courts Monsanto's favor, boosts its biotech and takes its money

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