The Inescapable Frances Semler

Skybus offers one-way air fares from KCI to Columbus, Ohio, for as little as $10. Columbus might not be the most exotic destination in the United States, but it’s the city where I was born.

I took a Skybus jet to Columbus on Thursday night. The next morning, however, I felt as though I had never left Kansas City. Reading the paper at breakfast, I came across a story about America’s most newsworthy parks commissioner, Frances Semler.