A very angry reader called this morning to object to our Page One photo showing two butchers — apparently without gloves — preparing beef at Kohn’s Kosher Meat and Deli Restaurant.

How could we show such a disgusting, illegal scene?…

The unusual wrap-around page on today’s Post-Dispatch is known as a spadia. 

Several readers called this morning to call it something else.

“Are you certifiably crazy? What is that weird thing covering the front page, about STLtoday.com?”

Another caller:

“You obliterated the front…

Some things are sure to upset some readers. Two women readers called today to say they were offended by a Page One reference to St. Louis as “The Lou.”

(The skyteaser at the top of the Post-Dispatch’s front page this…

A few calls this week questioned our choice of stories for the front page of the Post-Dispatch.   Three complained about the story Wednesday on parents deciding whether to circumcise males, and the changing trends there. It was a richly reported story,…

Headlines are what draw readers into stories. So we devote some time to writing them, and considering if the message conveyed is what we intended. A copy editor readers a story, then writes the headline. A chief copy editor then…

I’ve received a few — four at noon — calls from readers livid over our coverage and display of Pope Benedict XVI’s historic first visit to the United States.

“I am deeply ashamed,” read our top headline.

Smaller label words atop that…

A very upset reader today accused us of putting the Cardinals on the front page day after day because Lee Enterprises owns part of the team. (When Lee purchased Pulitzer, it acquired the less-than-4 percent ownership Pulitzer had in the…