Setting the bar: I thought the going rate for an attorney was $250 an hour (David Martin’s “Sky High,” June 23). But I guess if you work for the city, you can make up any fee. Fifteen-minute phone call to the mayor? Oops, that’s an hour. Lunches are charged as business luncheons? Hmm, two hours. Oh, man, pencil tip broke…
The Strip this week has a heartwarming tale about the power of faith over science. There’s been a lot of carping around here lately about how rational thought is getting a raw deal from those of our humble citizens who believe in a higher power. The evolution professors are bellyaching in Kansas, and Missouri scientists are squawking about limits on…
Jimmy the Fetus Hey, kids, Jimmy the Fetus here, your guide to moral values in the Midwest, helping everybody see that what we learned in Sunday school really matters. Dear Jimmy: This kid Trevor says the Bible proves that UFOs exist, but the born-agains at school tell him he’s full of it. Which of them is right? Glen Shawnee Dear…
John Pennell looked like the big-game hunter who’d finally bagged his ultimate trophy. A photograph of the longtime Independence gadfly appeared in the pages of The Kansas City Star, along with news of the quarry he’d taken down after stalking him for years. Pennell had finally lined up Ken McClain in his cross hairs, and Jackson County’s government had helped…
