Author Archives: Rich Steele
Steele: Has the KC Star Ceased to be Ridiculous?
For the last few days at least, the Kansas City Star has not sent out in its daily email blast an article scolding Kansas Governor Sam Brownback for some imagined offense… Had someone told the editors their Brownback mania was … Continue reading
Steele: The Importance of Being Chelsea (@ UMKC)
UMKC hasn’t gotten this much national attention since the Bloch School was busted for goosing up its ratings… The Star threw the doors open on that scandal. This latest one took the Washington Post. I doubt if Star editors saw anything … Continue reading
Steele: But He Was Such a ‘Caring, Beautiful’ Jihadi!
It turns out that Nadir Soofi – one of the two ISIS-inspired jihadis who hoped to kill scores of people at the inaugural Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest – has a local connection… His father and stepmother live in Kansas … Continue reading
Steele: The Star’s Odd Take on Terrorism
Having milked the Bishop Finn resignation for every merciless drop, and having no new 30-year-old altar boy scandals to embellish, The Star has returned to its one true love, domestic terrorism… No, we’re not talking about the fact that the … Continue reading
Steele: Why Did Anti-Sprint Tweet Become The Star’s Top Story?
About that dustup over Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure‘s use of the king’s English… Apparently, Brett Schulte, an LA-based social media consultant that no one had ever heard of, tweeted the following: “I think they meant @marceloclaure for an MVNO. He’s so … Continue reading
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Tagged Brett Schulte, Elizabeth Warren, Marcelo Claure, Rich Steele, Sprint
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Steele: Why Bishop Finn Had to Go
Allow me to put my biases out in the open… Bishop Robert Finn is quite possibly the saintliest man I have ever met. He is everything a good bishop should be: kind, wise, prudent, and faithful. The kind, wise, and prudent … Continue reading
Steele: The Entirely Predictable Demonization of Jeff Roe
Kansas City political consultant Jeff Roe made news the other day when he acknowledged that he, not gubernatorial candidate Catherine Hanaway, paid for the House of Cards parody ad that was said to have inspired auditor Tom Schweich‘s suicide… For … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeff Roe, John Danforth, Pat Gray, Steve Glorioso, Ted Cruz, Tom Schweich
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Steele: Why Is KC Subsidizing Protest Movements?
On Friday, April 24, if you have nothing better to do and you’d like a free lunch courtesy of Kansas City taxpayers, the place to be is the Sheraton Hotel at Crown Center… The official theme of the symposium is … Continue reading
Steele: Is KC City Council Being Paid by Kansas?
Dang! I was hoping to vote against Jermaine Reed for KC City Council, but as he is an in-district candidate in the 3rd District, I won’t get the chance. Maybe I’ll just show up over there and vote anyhow. I’ll … Continue reading
Steele: KC Super Wins Best In State…Seriously
Sad but true: The Missouri Association of School Administrators has named Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent R. Stephen Green “it’s (sic) 2015 Pearce Award winner.” Bad enough is the glaring grammatical error in the second sentence of the press release … Continue reading
Steele: Keep the Sewer Flowing but Lower the Fecal Count
Columnist Tom Friedman of the New York Times once opined, “The Internet is an open sewer of untreated, unfiltered information, left, right, center, up, down, and requires that kind of filtering by anyone.” And that is its beauty. In what may … Continue reading
Steele: Book of Mormon or Book of Hypocrisy?
The Star’s Robert Trussell is the rare reviewer to understand the historical significance of the musical, “Book of Mormon,” playing through March 8 at the Music Hall… “Had the revered composers of shows we now consider to be part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Mormon, Hillary Clinton, Nakoula, Rich Steele, Robert Trussell
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Steele: Some Questions for Kris Ketz to Ask Obama
Score one for KMBC 9 News… On Thursday, anchor Kris Ketz will interview President Barack Obama at the White House and report live from Washington all-day Thursday on Channel 9. It should be a real snooze fest, unless Ketz asks … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel 9 News, Frank Marshall Davis, KMBC TV9 News, Kris Ketz, Percy Sutton, President obama, Rudy Giuliani
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Steele: But With Whom Will Michael Sam Be Dancing?
In December, readers of TMZ were treated to the shocking headline, “I’m Not in the NFL Because I’m Gay,” so insinuated former Missouri star defensive end Michael Sam… “I think I was the SEC Defensive Player of the Year last … Continue reading
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Tagged Dancing with the Stars, Deion Sanders, Joe Namath, Michael Sam, Rich Steele, TMZ
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Steele: A Nation of Jasons, Kander to Challenge Blunt
Starting about 40 or so years ago, upwardly mobile Americans of all races, creeds, and political persuasions got it into their collective heads that they would be the first people on their block to name a son, Jason… “Jason” quickly … Continue reading
Steele: Underpaid Missouri Principal Breaks Bad
If the case of former Hannibal elementary school principal Joshua “JD” Foust is indicative, Missouri educators are surely in need of a raise… According to the 2012 listings, Foust, now 33, was making only $65,000 a year as principal of … Continue reading
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Tagged A.D. Stowell Elementary School., Joshua JD Foust, Rich Steele
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Steele: Great Plains Mall Wins 2015 “Best Alibi” Award
To the disappointment of almost no one, Olathe’s Great Mall of the Great Plains is closing after 18 futile years… If the mall management did nothing right during those years, they announced the closing with an industrial strength excuse. First, the … Continue reading
Steele: Yippee! MARC Wins ‘Major Award’
Sometimes you don’t know whether to loathe the people involved in these scams or just feel sorry for them… President Obama has reached out to Kansas City to name MARC, the Mid-America Regional Council, one of this year’s “Climate Action … Continue reading
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Tagged Marlon Brando, Mid-America Regional Council, Rich Steele, Sacheen Littlefeather
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