Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

Talk about getting the run around… Between Lawrence police and the city prosecutor, I’m going to venture a guess that drowsy drunken city KC councilman Quinton Lucas has a decent shot at dodging a pretty nasty public relations bullet. One where the embattled … Continue reading →

Another one bites the dust… Wondering where last week and this week’s movie review went? I’ve got news. As in that movie guy Jack Poessiger has been under the weather – a viagra overdose, perhaps? Nah… Probably not, but fear … Continue reading →

Like I said the other day… Despite the grotesque exaggerations and distortions of what appear to mostly be sophomoric, youthful indiscretions, in today’s political world it doesn’t take much to cook public figures like Brett Kavanaugh‘s goose. Or anybodies, for … Continue reading →

It’s 2003 all over again… When hardware was king and just as you got used to your latest iPod they improved it. Only this time Cupertino is behind the curve selling niche items for mucho dinero and Amazon is going … Continue reading →

Never let it be said Claire McCaskill isn’t conniving… After all, Claire cut her political teeth right here in KCMO, tap dancing with  adiabolical dudes like the late Steve Glorioso. And nobody knew how to lay the pipe to political foe … Continue reading →

Think tale of two cities… Here in the Cowtown, Chiefs fans are besides themselves (and the ghost of Craig Glazer is sure to make a return appearance this Halloween). Local football freaks are running around like somebody at Arrowhead went back in … Continue reading →

It’s not easy being an icon, let alone a fast fading one… Unfortunately that appears to be the case with both the American Royal and now its fabled World Series of Barbecue. Once upon a time – you know the … Continue reading →

Forget touchy-feely words like “closure,” it’s always been about the money… The object of the game in mainstream journalism is to milk controversial stories like Ride the Ducks and Schlitterbahn’s Verrückt, because those are the stories that keep the lights on. And if you … Continue reading →

Dark humor, anyone? Then settle back and listen to a tale about a man named…Harley. That’s right, that curmudgeonly, caustic coward we’ve known and loved as – once upon a time – JoJo and more recently Boom Boom. At the risk … Continue reading →

How would you like to be the proud new owner of The Pitch right now? Allow me to answer that question for you, you wouldn’t. Because when you’re choking out a monthly print magazine in a world where even hourly information can … Continue reading →

It ain’t easy being a daily newspaper… Not around these parts. Editor Mike Fannin’s recent column pleading with locals to subscribe to the Kansas City Star got me thinking. With paid readership fading fast, online advertising producing a fraction of the dough … Continue reading →

C’mon Sam, you gotta focus brother… Are things so desperate at the Kansas City Star that they are proffering illogical arguments to try and pander to drunken Chiefs fans? If not, why is columnist Sam Mellinger arguing against a policy … Continue reading →

Drunken expedition, anyone? The Chiefs have coined a new term for drunken idiots: “core fans.” That’s how Chiefs prez Mark Donovan characterized the team’s infamous, hardcore tailgaters in referencing a new parking area being set aside for younger, cleaner-cut football fans. … Continue reading →

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse… Hey, when you go from more than 2,000 employees to fewer than 200, you know times are tough. And frankly, when you’re Kansas City’s 800 pound media gorilla, there’s nowhere to … Continue reading →

I think he’ll understand… But I’ll conducting my mourning in private – outside of my sharing with you here. Some people need to go to church to harvest their religion. Some don’t. I think it’s fair to say that over … Continue reading →

Ready for a conspiracy theory of Larry Sells-like, epic proportion… Fasten your seatbelts cuz this one’s a lulu. You may recall in yesterday’s column about my memories of Craig Glazer that it ended on an odd note. I was writing about how … Continue reading →