Author Archives: Hearne Christopher Jr.

Let’s talk wrestling… Pro wrestling, of course, which all but limits us these days to World Wrestling Entertainment, the Stamford, Ct. company that drove just about everybody else in this country in the grappling game out of biz. Sure, sure, … Continue reading →

Anybody else do a double take when they saw that list of former Chiefs players suing the team for head injuries? Because lo and behold, smack in the middle of that Gang of Five, stood former Chiefs star and respected … Continue reading →

Let’s leave the tears and hollow eulogies for the family… Because when it comes right down to it, the blame for the death of Fast & Furious star Paul Walker lies directly at the feet of the slain movie star. Walker … Continue reading →

It’s one thing to write a stick-in-the-mud story saying poor taste is a reasonable excuse for denying college students their freedom of speech… Which is pretty much what Pitch entertainment writer David Hudnall did this past week under the headline, “The Mizzou … Continue reading →

This year’s Missouri football team is good but not great one, says scribe Craig Glazer… That could change if the MU beats Auburn. And that now is a must win game if this year’s Missouri football team wants to earn the … Continue reading →

Look, we all bleed Chiefs red -one way or another – right? However some are a little more thin-skinned, and that’s okay. It’s understandable to be tragically bummed when your woman runs off with some Duck Dynasty wannabe or the … Continue reading →

Get me rewrite! The first thing I thought when I read Diane Disney Miller‘s obit in the Star a week ago; somebody screwed up. With so many staff shortages and veteran reporters and copy editors laid off, no one caught the … Continue reading →

Anybody else think the word “glitch” has been way overused lately? First officials in the Obama administration – and shortly thereafter, the media – glommed onto the word in an effort to downplay the myriad problems with the Affordable Care … Continue reading →

With rare exception, flimsy reporting on the Plaza Lights have been the rule… You know the game; mindless television news reporters breathlessly painting word pictures of hundreds of thousands of spectators at the Thanksgiving night ceremony, with endless miles of … Continue reading →

The battle lines are drawn… Massive companies like Walmart, Best Buy,  Kohls and McDonald’s have effectively declared war on Thanksgiving and, as Phillip Brown says, it’s up to consumers to sort things out. Either we given in and flood the store’s Black Thursday … Continue reading →

Forget what Paul Wilson said about silence being golden, you’ve got a party to go to… Look, there’s a time and a place for everything and while Mr. Wilson’s advice may have been heartwarming, if you haven’t ever saddled up on … Continue reading →

This just in… Insiders on former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn’s defamation lawsuit against the newspaper say Penn and his attorney are poised to breath new life in his battle over his firing for alleged plagiarism charges. We’ll see. The … Continue reading →

Let’s get ready to tumble! Let’s be clear; Craig Glazer is not a humble scribe, although he described himself as such one time, leading to his tag here on KC Confidential. Far from it, as most, if not all of … Continue reading →

Guess who wasn’t in Kansas City last Friday? Uptown Theater top dog Larry Sells, that’s who. Sells was holed up in the unofficial conspiracy world headquarters in Dallas, Texas for the 50th anniversary of the killing of President John F. Kennedy. … Continue reading →

It’d be a nice place to do biz but he really wouldn’t want to live there… So says comedy impresario turned scribe Craig Glazer of Columbia, Missouri. It’s been a while since the Glaze graced the home of the Missouri Tigers … Continue reading →

After a decade plus of no big time comedy clubs in Kansas City, Stanford & Sons returns tonight to 37th and Broadway in the Uptown Theater Conspiracy Room. The show tips off at 8 p.m. (7:45 and 10 p.m. Friday and … Continue reading →

It’s not like this is something new… For a couple decades fans of the Kansas City Chiefs football team have desecrated the national anthem. To the extent that one views matters that way. We all pretty much know the drill. … Continue reading →

And now, the story the Kansas City Star doesn’t want Steve Penn to tell… After spending more than two hours poring over legal filings by the fired Star columnist and powerhouse lawyers for the newspaper, there are at least three … Continue reading →

Sometimes it takes a while for something truly godawful to sink in… So it is that it took a day for the comedy club main man you fondly know as the Scribe to come to terms with this year’s Kansas … Continue reading →

Forget about fat lady’s singing, truth, justice and the American way… Axed Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn’s defamation lawsuit against his former employer was “voluntarily dismissed” this morning in Jackson County Court. Without prejudice…meaning Penn can (and apparently will) … Continue reading →