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People tend of mellow oftentimes as they grow older… Take former KC Star bad boy (and rival columnist) Jason Whitlock. Ah, but the artist who-called-himself Big Sexy has bounced around plenty since leaving the newspaper a year or two after I did … Continue reading →

One of the biggest complaints I’ve had for years was for referring to KC as a Cowtown… Dates back to when I was growing up and locals lamented people on the coasts and in larger (presumably hipper) cities thinking of … Continue reading →

gonna miss ya hc. Been fun making you the brunt of my jokes! Smartman…gone Greg…gone/trump gone/ Glaze…gone now hc….gone Be in beautiful paradise valley so come see me if in phoenix With all the fun we had how can you … Continue reading →

“The Chiefs will remain the Chiefs. Stop arguing that point. It’s a straw man.”                                       Sam Mellinger Kansas City Star The above … Continue reading →

Jackson County Legislators are leaving the decision whether to remove the statues of Andrew Jackson to Jackson County voters… Their decision was 6-2 in favor of putting it up for a vote – with both black county legislators against putting … Continue reading →

One down, one to go… Nashville’s Tennessean pitted “Music City” against the Cowtown on fun things to do. It was fun, user-friendly and a big time jinx on the Titans. Moving right along, comes the San Francisco Chronicle’s tongue-in-cheek diss of Kansas City masquerading … Continue reading →

So the Titans lost to the Chiefs, no biggie… More importantly, how does KC and Nashville stack up, sports teams not withstanding. “Did you know Kansas City has a 19-foot-high badminton birdie in front of its art museum?” asks Tennessean … Continue reading →

Sure the Tennessee Titans  beat the Chiefs this past November… But only where the final score is concerned. Because in virtually every key measurable way, the Chiefs mopped up the floor with Nashville’s beloved Titans,Tennessean columnist Gentry Estes writes. “They know … Continue reading →

Stumbled onto this funny Top 10 list from the comments dude formally known as smartman after Greg Hall left KCC… The Real Reasons Greg Hall left KC Confidential Hearne got upset when Greg confused his girlfriend with the cleaning lady. He got … Continue reading →

OK, Boomers… Now that was a waste of time. I bet more people sat through the Sondland hearing than this dreary, mostly self-congratulatory, so-called debate It’s not business as usual. Donald Trump has proven that. So what do the Democrats … Continue reading →

There are so many lessons here… 1. Conventional wisdom is oftentimes ignorance. All movements start from the bottom up, and most pundits don’t recognize it – they’re too busy hanging in the club. This is how it always happens in … Continue reading →

The sighs of relief reached the decibel level of the 1812 overture… That after the news that pervy business tycoon Jeffrey Epstein hung a loss on the American public and a win for the slimy politicians and swells who populate … Continue reading →

Every day, a new left wing trope – no wonder Republicans are laughing… To progressives, Obama was a disappointment. He was a centrist in an era of tribalism, one could even call it extremism. On his watch, Democrats lost tons … Continue reading →

Delivery trumps ideas… This is why Roger Ailes was so powerful. He realized politics was show business. Fox News was exciting to watch, irrelevant of the content. He didn’t necessarily put on the best talent, but the talent that would … Continue reading →

“The entire Kansas City Star isn’t much bigger that the first section of the Arizona Daily Star.” That’s how Tucson’s newspaper stacks up against the local paper of record, in the words of one Star subscriber. In addition to having no fewer … Continue reading →

They say,  beggars can’t be choosers… And once upon a time, things like the separation of church and state used to matter. A similar principle used to exist in the world of serious news journalism. At the Kansas City Star of old there … Continue reading →

We interrupt this super-serious column to bring you a lighthearted look back… The recent angst filled comment by Paul Wilson – remember him, the comments dude-turned-writer-turned-expatriate – reminded me that we are approaching the one year anniversary of the passing … Continue reading →

The Great 2019 KC Star Apology Tour is in the books… Journalistic tap dancing at its finest, by sports columnists Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian over a previously missing eight minute segment of sleazebag Kansas City Chiefs star Tyreek Hill going off on his … Continue reading →