That sound in the wind — the cold whisper of sickened ashes and disgusted dust — is Harry Truman writhing in his plot over at the Truman Library courtyard in Independence. One of Truman’s ideas is coming back to life in Washington, D.C. If it had really taken hold in the old man’s day, we might have saved billions of…
Hearne Watch, Week 1 Last week, Sprint hung up on 8,000 workers, Union Station tied a bunch of its employees to the tracks and the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department warned that we’d be a Gotham without a Batman if cops got laid off. But in late January, Peter Rugg broke the story that laid-off Kansas City Star gossip columnist…
Dear Mexican: I can’t tell you how disappointed I’ve been these past few days, as a U.S. citizen and ciudadano mexicano. I’ve been seeing more and more stories about los narcos and how the Mexican government keeps getting screwed over in newspapers. I think that you should dedicate a whole column telling your gringo readers what their pot and crack…
Studies in Crap: “Quivering Masses,” January 29 Quivering Masses, Indeed Bravo to Alan the Archivist for peeling back the layers that have kept Rush Limbaugh’s bruised psyche hidden for all those years. I used to think it was unjust that he received such a light tap on the wrist for what would surely have sent a brother up the river…
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Shirley Phelps-Roper — the mouthpiece of Topeka’s gay hating, soldier funeral picketing Westboro Baptist Church — can be prosecuted for desecrating a flag in Nebraska, a Sarpy County judge ruled yesterday. The judge rejected Phelps’ challenge to Nebraska’s flag statute, the Associated Press reports. In June 2007, Phelps-Roper was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old son Jonah to stand on a…
I said you don’t know. You said don’t you know. I said … take me out. To Franz Ferdinand. April 27. The Beaumont. It’s not up yet on the group’s MySpace, but a not unreliable source tells us it is so. I wish they were playing just about anywhere than the Breaumont, but I’ll survive. More dates and the best…
On the Missouri side, Kansas City bar owners have blamed the smoking ban for hurting local businesses alongside the relative novelty of the Power & Light District and everyone losing their jobs. Thanks to the bad economy, KCK residents will probably get to keep their lung candy a bit longer, but it’ll be harder to play nickel slots while they puff….
Many thanks to Rockville for directing me to this Topeka Capital-Journal story on the death of a Massachusettes dude who for years told people he was eye-patched classic rock guitarist Rich Williams (who is still alive) of the Kansas band Kansas. In addition to telling people he was Williams, according to the article, the late Eric “Rick” de Boer also…
Kansas City Star TV columnist Aaron Barnhart isn’t hiding his fear of another round of layoffs. He’s blogging about it on his TV Barn site. Earlier today, Barnhart shared his fear in this post about layoffs at Time Warner Cable. Having gone through three layoffs cycles in six months — and who knows, maybe another one after tomorrow’s McClatchy conference…
Does the Vatican have Internet access? Pope Benedict XVI is calling on a formerly excommunicated right-wing bishop to renounce his opinion that the Holocaust did not claim the lives of millions of Jews. Last month, Benedict chose to reinstate the the bishop, Richard Williamson, and three other prelates who belong to the Society of St. Pius X. The society’s U.S….
My friend Lorraine isn’t just any fussy restaurant customer. Because she worked in the hospitality business for so many years, she’s willing to forgive many little (and not-so-little) eccentricities and goofs in the culinary world. But even the laid-back Miss L. can lose her cool at the latest insult to common sense: designer plates. She detests the new trend for…
I was sleeping working during Denny’s big free promotion yesterday but the rest of America apparently was not. Denny’s said it served around 2 million free grand slams yesterday — about 1,500 per restaurant. Judging from the lines customers stood in, they earned their free meal. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Dennys, free meals, photos, the lines people will…
Michelle Markowitz is the owner and proprietor of Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, a Midtown entertainment institution. From Alejandro Escovedo and Freedy Johnston to goth DJs and burlesque shows, this family-owned operation has continued to host diverse local and touring acts and pour stiff drinks through the digital music explosion, a literal building explosion and the threat of a light rail…
Nah. Good ad though. Almost roped me into a couple hundred words about it. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: appealing to the blogs, Oscar Meyer, sandwiches
Last week, Fat City reported that Food & Wine Magazine had named Elbow Chocolates’ No. 6 Dark Rocks the best chocolate in the whole wide great big United States. Christopher Elbow seemed honored, but his eyes didn’t really light up until we started talking about the limited-edition Valentine’s Day boxes that he created specially with his wife Jennifer. Elbow said…
%{}% You know what was great about the Kansas City Police Department’s sobriety checkpoints? They used to send us press releases announcing exactly what day, time and place that they’d be delaying drivers. “Friday night, Midtown Kansas City,” the release would say, which usually meant the Westport area, where the drunks pour out onto Southwest Trafficway or Broadway. Or “Saturday…
Larry “King Pink” Johnson wants out of Kansas City. I wasn’t listening to the Chris & Cowboy show, but KMBZ just sent out a “breaking news” alert that the petulant running back wants a “clean break” from the Chiefs. “They can easily release me,” Johnson told the 610 Sports duo. “They can easily trade me. … No complaints about it.”…
New York Times New York restaurateurs, from left, Mario Batali, Sirio Maccioni, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. New York City has lots and lots of restaurants: famous ones, dumpy diners, snobby boites, vintage saloons, burger joints, tapas bars, tandoori temples — you name it. But even in the biggest restaurant town in America, the competition for customers in the worst economy in…
It’s only February, but we already have a sure-fire winner for drink of the year. Named after Chesley Sullenberger, better known as Captain Sully the heroic U.S. Airways pilot, “The Sully” is already showing up on New York menus. U.S. Airways menus can’t be far behind. “The Sully” is simple to make: two shots Grey Goose, one splash water. I’ve…
Not really. It’s just that yesterday, Fat City mentioned what every coffee connoisseur on a budget already knows: Eight O’Clock Coffee is the best in the six-dollars-and-under range. Today Consumer Reports decided to confirm that, and throw in a dis or two at Starbucks as well. Consumer Reports tested 19 popular store-brand ground coffees, including the usual suspects like Folgers…
Gay right advocates are not impressed with some of the candidates vying to represent middle America in the Senate. Change.org writer Michael A. Jones notes that Roy Blunt and Jerry Moran scored zeroes on the Human Rights Campaign’s scorecard. Blunt represents the Springfield area in the U.S. House. He is reportedly asking fellow Republicans to support to his bid to…
The Source starts counting down the days until The Kansas City Star’s parent company, McClatchy, is de-listed by the New York Stock Exchange. If McClatchy’s stock stays under a $1 — it closed at $.69 yesterday — for 30 consecutive days, the newspaper conglomerate will have to submit a plan for getting the price over a buck. Only 17 days…
