A reader called today to protest our lack of coverage of the war in Iraq. Not a word, she said.  She contrasted that to the lengthy story and large photo on Page A2 reporting the death of comedian George Carlin…

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…

I received three calls objecting to Sunday’s detailed look at the troubled life of Cookie Thornton, whose shootings at Kirkwood City Hall on Feb. 7 ended with six dead, including Thornton.

(The three-level headline read: Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton. BEHIND…

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…