Subject: U.S. Marine Corps

• The Real Stories from Iraq

  September 28, 2007

• News of the Weird

  May 12, 1999

• The Most Incredible Circumstances Surrounding Somebody's Being Canned From a Job?

  January 9, 2002

• Still At War

  February 17, 1999

• Town Without Pity

  February 17, 1999

• Copping an Attitude

  February 24, 1999

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  March 25, 2009

• Flight Stimulator: With Sonia Flew, New Jewish takes on a flawed work and delivers must-see theater

  March 18, 2009

• ¡Ask a Mexican!: What's so brave about Niños Héroes?

  October 15, 2008

• Captain America

  Navy SEAL Eric Greitens has come home to St. Louis to help fellow Iraq vets.

  April 9, 2008

• The New Face of Evil

  Call of Duty 4 might hit a little too close to home.

  November 21, 2007

• Talk Pretty

  David Sedaris' publicist asks Unreal to bend the space-time continuum. Plus: the blog of a former Cards hurler, and an obituary for Jim Igoe, the Delmar Poet.

  April 12, 2006

• Final Chapter

  October 3, 2007

• Leave Greenberg's Art Alone

  Hey America: Stop it with your eminent domain and wimpiness, already!

  September 5, 2007

• Overkill

  Some readers say Cloy Richards is the exception, not the rule.

  August 29, 2007

• Shattered Truths

  Readers offer praise for Ian, help for vets and criticism for the Richardses.

  August 22, 2007

• The Few, The Proud, The Shattered

  August 8, 2007

• The Mexican tackles an issue that unites us all: sex!

  February 7, 2007

• Doomsday Disciples

  February 7, 2007

• Print the Legend

  October 18, 2006

• One Day in September

  A toned-down Oliver Stone finds uplift in the rubble of the Twin Towers.

  August 9, 2006

• Head Cheesed

  Unreal longs for the sexual adventures a Gravitizer can provide -- but, uh, not tonight; we have a migraine. Plus, more fun with Scientologists!

  March 22, 2006

• Rocky Waters

  Annapolis salutes all the classic boxing clichés

  January 25, 2006

• Holiday Feast

  Our critics chew on the film trends of '05

  December 21, 2005

• Killing Time

  In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

  November 2, 2005

• Film Openings

  Week of October 19, 2005

  October 19, 2005

• Mon-tell It!

  Meet the super-classy Montel Williams Tuesday at the Touhill

  September 28, 2005

• Slay Ride

  Slayer reigns in blood but still makes time for the kids

  August 11, 2004

• Brilliant!

  The Beer Hall of Fame is a cool idea -- perhaps too cool for St. Louis

  June 30, 2004

• Trolling for Endorsements

  We wake up a Margaret Cho-approved congressional hopeful; plus, Unreal gets the Tiger Beat facts on local car dealers and Bill Haas goes south of the border

  June 2, 2004

• Arch Nemesis

  One blade-packing Kansan can't believe he was fined for toting a "little-bitty" knife into the Gateway monument

  May 19, 2004

• Film Openings

  Week of April 21, 2004

  April 21, 2004

• Score!

  When it comes to hockey movies, Miracle is as big a winner as its heroes

  February 4, 2004

• Nice Shot

  Photographer Andrew Cutraro brings home stunning, devastating photos from Iraq

  January 7, 2004

• He Can Make It

  The strangest fact in the George Jones bio is that he's survived at all

  May 21, 2003

• Race-Baiting

  NASCAR returns with the Charter Pipeline 250

  May 7, 2003

• The Gulf Between

  When these soldiers became writers, the pen becomes very mighty indeed

  April 16, 2003

• A Matter of Honor

  Vets call on the military's top brass not to fight

  February 26, 2003

• Best of "Street Talk" 2002

  Week of January 1, 2003

  January 1, 2003

• Film Openings

  June 12, 2002

• Hide-and-Seek

  March 27, 2002

• Series/Festivals

  March 6, 2002

• Simple Men

  January 30, 2002

• Hell and Back

  January 16, 2002

• The Drapes with the Monroes

  November 14, 2001

• Divine and Conquer

  October 11, 2000

• Best Parade

  September 27, 2000

• News of the Weird

  May 19, 1999

• Senator Kit Bond Leads Charge to Save Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Missouri Jobs

  Among the cuts Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed in his 2010 budget in April was for funding of the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter plane. Yesterday Missouri Senator Kit Bond and several colleagues sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore funding for the F/A-18 and, incidentally, 5,000 St. Louis jobs.The F/A-18 is used by the U.S. Navy and Marines and is, according to the Boeing website,a combat-proven strike fighter with built-in versatility. The Super Hornet's s

  June 23, 2009

• Prototypical Marine Delivers Pitch for Annual "Toys for Tots" Campaign

  ​Unreal recently received an email asking if Riverfront Times would pass along a PSA promoting the Marine Corps' annual St. Louis Toys for Tots campaign. Sure thing. Toys for Tots is a worthy charity providing holiday gifts to less-fortunate children. And this year, when you bring in a toy to one of dozens of local restaurants, you get free or discounted food. Not a bad deal, we thinks. Still, for some reason the PSA (below) reminded Unreal not so much of Christmas cheer. Instead, we're rememb

  November 3, 2009