Happy Feet Dear Mexican: The local community center has an ongoing problem with Mexicans putting their feet on the walls during dances, weddings and other gatherings. This happens as they stand, leaning against the walls, and then put one foot back on the wall. Is this to look cool and attract the ladies? What it really does is dirty up…
Letters, February 15 Law Review UMKC student Wesley Carrillo’s letter, headlined “In Defense of Kris,” made me chuckle, but it also was very scary. The writer — whom I assume is a promising young law student in awe of Mr. Kobach — seems dangerously unaware of the facts of this case. As stated in my previous letter, we are plaintiffs…
Hey, guy in the midnight-blue pickup truck. You were driving oh-so-slowly onto the Rainbow exit off Interstate 35, hazards flashing, when I got stuck behind your turtle ass. I was rushing to Oklahoma Joe’s to pick up some cracklike fries and barbecue for a work meeting and, naturally, I was running late. What’s this asshole doing? I thought, annoyed, when…
Kansas City Cheaps Just past 8 on a recent Sunday night, passengers were preparing to board the last plane from Las Vegas to Kansas City. Across town, the NBA All-Star Game was only in its fourth quarter, but the game was essentially over. The Western Conference was blowing out the East in a lopsided festival of missed alley-oops. In other…
Apparently, Hallmark believes that Americans lack the tact to deal with those awkward-silence moments. Our hometown purveyor of feel-goodness recently rolled out a line of cards called Journeys, “for the real-life challenges we face today.” How about the challenge of dealing with cheesy condolences? Variations on the hang-in-there-kitten theme abound in the Journeys line, which is full of stylized flowers…
The hard hats show up at 6 in the morning. Walls of concrete and fountains of rebar testify to their labors. The south loop of downtown Kansas City is furious with activity as workers prepare the Power & Light District for its fall opening. The city has laid down a huge bet on the entertainment district, having issued $295 million…
The Board of Public Utilities admitted last week that high-ranking officials abused company credit cards by spending thousands of dollars on meals, beer and tickets to sporting events. During the February 21 board meeting, board President Mary Gonzales read a statement promising that the BPU was “fully and totally committed to addressing these issues to ensure proper compliance.” That promise…
When Olivia Johnson was 6 years old, a surgeon in Cleveland removed half of her brain. The only child of Jeff and Michelle Johnson had been a healthy baby, walking before she was 11 months old. It was clear early on that she would be a talker, too. Then, on November 3, 2000, a stroke erased the first 13 months…
