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Life will be harder to understand without the Rams

January 19, 2016 Arthur Lieber Capitalism, Charity & Justice, Cities, Sports Leave a comment

Like many people, I have mixed feelings about the Rams leaving St. Louis for Los Angeles. In some ways, they parallel the mixed feelings

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The NFL’s abusive relationship with cities and fans: St. Louis edition

January 10, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Sports Leave a comment

Stan Kroenke’s recent verbal abuse of St. Louis may, at long last, have awakened this town to the sick relationship it has had with

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St. Louis’ absurd political football scenario, and how to solve it, absurdly

August 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber Cities, Consumer issues, Corporations, Sports One comment

It seems that everyone I know in St. Louis is opposed to a new football stadium that just might keep the Rams in St.

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Let the feds be tax collectors for all

March 2, 2015 Arthur Lieber Business, Federalism, Good government, Infrastructure, Missouri region, Taxes 3 comments

In the next few years, two of the biggest potential economic developments in the St. Louis metropolitan area may be a new stadium for

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Put the N.F.L. on Facebook

January 4, 2011 Arthur Lieber Media, Sports Leave a comment

It’s time to put the National Football League on Facebook.  I don’t mean a “fan” page or anything like that; I mean actually running

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