Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

Leave it to the Kansas City Star to find a way to make sex uninteresting… Seriously. Not that a study called The Hustle about the “economics of the underground commercial sex industry” was meant to titillate, still did anybody else … Continue reading →

It’s becoming increasing clear when it comes to the University of Kansas that money talks and pretty much everything else walks… Even tiny amounts of money, as in a paltry $25 per student, per semester fee used to help fund women’s … Continue reading →

Brace yourselves Chiefs fans, prepare for the worst…. Because everybody’s favorite sports know-it-all Craig Glazer is back to let you in on the awful truth about this year’s Kansas City Chiefs. “I am so down on this team,” Glazer says. … Continue reading →

The handwriting’s on the wall… And sooner, rather than later. Vaunted KU basketball coach Bill Self is not long for this world – that being Lawrence – says sports handicapper Craig Glazer of Stanford & Sons. “It just makes sense, he’s … Continue reading →

As sleepy smaller cities go, Lawrence ranks right up there with the best of em… At least when it comes to murder. That is until last summer, says Lawrence police spokesman  Sgt. Trent  McKinley. “Since July we’ve had five homicides,” … Continue reading →

What’s that expression? Don’t believe anything you read (or hear) and only half of what you see. Sounds like a perfect fit for what Stanford & Sons main man Craig Glazer says he was told about The Jones Pool downtown … Continue reading →

A year ago KU was suffering from a bad case of, is Bill Self‘s marriage on the rocks… Here’s what I wrote about it last summer on Lawrence Confidential: “That Kansas basketball coach Bill Self allegedly had been kicked out of his seven-figure … Continue reading →

Still no return calls from the KC Jeweler alleged to be in dire straights with the law…  Which is understandable in that while it’s believed something is going down behind the scenes, as experts have explained, these sorts of things … Continue reading →

Think clash of the titans… For more than 20 years inventor dude Mike Valentine‘s radar detector the Valentine One has more-or-less been the undisputed champion in the speeding ticket avoidance industry. An industry that came of age during the Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

Keep this under you hat, but Bill Self‘s $17.5 million luxury apartments complex just got whacked… What, you didn’t read any news stories about it either? The first mention of the whacking – from $17.5 million down to $10 million or … Continue reading →

Because a truly forward-thinking, progressive city needs a serious, take no prisoners news organization to help lead the way. To inform and inspire the citizenry. Which even given its many flaws, the Star does. You think KC Confidential or Tony’s … Continue reading →

Maybe former Chiefs quarterback Steve Bono was right after all… There are so many goofy surveys out there and year-after-year we fall for ’em. Best city to party, retire, bike or find romance in. The fittest, fattest, funnest – there’s no … Continue reading →

Just spin, baby… What to do on the heels of the Kansas legislature’s embarrassing snub of the KU Athletics Department after it shot down a request to fund KU’s lavish $17.5 million luxury apartments for basketball recruits… Especially with KU … Continue reading →

Curiouser and curiouser… On the heels of not hearing back for several days from a jeweler rumored to be under investigation by authorities, intrepid reporter Paul Wilson was dispatched this afternoon to the offices of said jeweler in an to attempt … Continue reading →

The temperature seems to be rising on the scion of a legendary KC jeweler… Rapidly. And while – as we’ve explored here – anything’s possible as far as a bust timetable is concerned should stories making the rounds prove true … Continue reading →

Not so fast, Sherlock… The odds of a Kansas City jeweler getting off the hook by cutting a deal with the Feds with no publicity whatsoever: in a word, slim. So says two-time convicted felon and former special agent to … Continue reading →

It’s a sexy story that could generate dramatic, bold headlines… It’s also a tale that could retreat into the shadows of urban legend where only insiders ever fully knew and understood what really happened. Because when it comes to high … Continue reading →

This just in… I’m going to continue to play this one close, but a prominent society matron emailed me this morning – out of the blue – and dropped the exact name of the rumored local jeweler said to be … Continue reading →