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Getting actual news out in a timely manner hasn’t been of much importance of late… Not at the Kansas City Star anyway. The former grande dame of local news and information has long since been turned into a loosely written amalgam of … Continue reading →

Things are getting seriously sad at Kansas City’s newspaper of record… What’s left of its news staff – tails between their legs – exited their historic brick home at 1729 Grand a few years back and moved into, later selling … Continue reading →

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 →

Greetings from the Wild, Wild West… Long time, no see. Ah but after a tiny garage fire that resulted in two months of living at a local resort waiting for things like the power and water heater  in my house … Continue reading →

It’s a strange kettle of fish… On one hand KC newspaper of record loves the Kansas City Chiefs now that they’re on top of the world. Reminding us that the expression, “everybody loves a winner” is alive and well, even among … Continue reading →

The beginning of the end? Word that Kansas City Star parent McClatchy declared bankruptcy didn’t exactly come as a surprise. It was almost more of a surprise that it took this long. Which in some ways is sad. Does it mean … Continue reading →

Nobody was closer to Greg Hall in his glory years than I was… When it came to writing about sports media and the like Greg was a gifted hothead (kinda like a stable genius). Which contributed to his multiple media … 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 →

Sometimes you gotta know when to pack it in… And this may just be that time for longtime Johnson County scribe Steve Rose. For years Rose lorded over a twice weekly, front page column in his family-founded, freebie The Sun. Which continued … Continue reading →

When you unleash a seriously good expose, you shouldn’t need to engage in behind-the-scenes manipulations for affirmation… Yet that appears to be exactly what the Kansas City Star’s been doing ever since its attempted “bust” of newly elected Missouri senator Josh … Continue reading →