Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

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 →

Step aside, Kansas City Chiefs apologists… You know who you are; Kansas City Star columnists Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian. Because quite frankly, disingenuous front page headlines like “Loss certainly stings, but it doesn’t have to be the defining moment … Continue reading →

What’s that dated axiom about throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks? I’m no legal expert, but after spending more than two hours pouring over the legal filings between former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn and KC’s newspaper … Continue reading →

The legal bees in the 18th and Grand news hive have been buzzing for weeks…. That’s because axed Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn‘s defamation lawsuit against the newspaper is set to go to trial on Monday. Penn, you may recall, … Continue reading →

Doctor Who, Dr. John, Dr. Kildare, Dr. Jekyll, Dr. Doolittle…to name but a few. However with all due respect, those dudes were all fictional, as in not real people. You may even have heard of the Rug Doctor, but that’s just … Continue reading →

And then there was one… Just like that SoundFX, one of Kansas City’s two remaining high end audio video stores closed it doors recently. No fanfare, no fond farewells, just rumors of an ugly split between owners who reportedly were … Continue reading →

About Chiefs star Dwayne Bowe‘s pot bust Sunday in Riverside… On one hand, it’s no big deal, on the other, it’s ridiculously stupid, the truth lying somewhere in between. So says comedy club impresario and sports scribe Craig Glazer. “What … Continue reading →

Dedicated reader Chuck Lowe weighed in this morning with the following piece dedicated to Veteran’s Day… “This Veteran’s Day we honor those who in peril on the sea, in harms way on land and guarding us from above, serve with distinction, … Continue reading →

Was a time massive tropical storms that could kill as many as 10,000 people would have been but a blip on the local news radar… No mas. Kansas City may not enjoy the majesty of mountains or the allure of … Continue reading →

Seeing was believing… And unless you’d witnessed the estrogens fueled wilding by the women of Kansas City who stormed Stanford’s Thursday night, you might not have believed it. Short of a full scale riot with multiple arrests, it was about as … Continue reading →

It’s hard to write a correction when it’s someone else’s mistake… That said, Mary Sanchez’s Monday column, “No Racial Agenda To ‘Slave’ Rollout” sure looks like a correction for a bogus letter that slipped through the Star’s editorial safety net late last week. … Continue reading →