Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher

Who knew that the Aggies of Kansas State University had their hearts set  on appearing – would you believe – “scholarly”? But that’s the plan. The Lawrence Journal World scooped the Star on the story by a day with the … Continue reading →

Did I hear somebody cry, uncle? Probably not, but one has to wonder. Because after Star reporter Steve Everly‘s more than 30 articles banging the big bad oil industry for “deceptive” practices by selling “hot fuel” and ripping off consumers … Continue reading →

So where the hell have I been? Not that the world ground to a halt or anything, but it is somewhat wondrous as to what I’ve been up to the past couple of weeks – as opposed to, oh, writing … Continue reading →

How quickly they forget…. It barely got a mention in mainstream media reports in the Star and Pitch, but the between-the-lines big news about the second coming of Kanrocksas next year is that the fest’s founder, longtime area entertainment icon … Continue reading →

Talk about a bolt from the blue… Today’s surprise axing of eight Kansas City Star staffers comes one week after new McClatchy President and CEO Patrick J. Talamantes visited the newspaper and assured newsroom staffers of brighter days ahead. McClatchy … Continue reading →

It’s a jungle down there… After only recently announcing that Kansas City Star employees will be required to take yet another week of unpaid “vacations,” the newspaper stunned newsroom employees today by laying off eight full-time staffers, including enormously popular … Continue reading →

Ah, the perils of an unlocked door… When it comes to senseless regulations, Kansas City takes the cake, says Westport businessman Bill Nigro. Especially the good folks at Regulated Industries aka Liquor Control. It all began four years back, when … Continue reading →

Maybe Kansas City should schedule more Irish Fests… You know, in the interest of the area getting more rainfall.  After all, we’re in a drought and as most local worshipers of all things Irish know, the 10 year-old Irish Fest … Continue reading →

“Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s well- being.” So stated celebrated American interior designer Albert Hadley. That aside, newsroom staffers at the Kansas City Star are quaking with dread over the prospect of taking … Continue reading →

They’re dropping like flies at 18th and Grand… Three today. However this time out, the body count at the Kansas City Star is exiting on a voluntary basis. Long missing TV critic Aaron Barnhart bit the dust (officially) earlier today. … Continue reading →

This just in… After more than eight months on the missing in action list Kansas City Star television critic Aaron Barnhart has resigned his post at the newspaper. In a letter to the staff Star editor Mike Fannin put things … Continue reading →

Talk about boo at the zoo… When it comes to potential taxpayer ripoffs, the sky’s the limit in Kansas City – at least at the zoo. Or so it would seem based on an example cited by former Kansas City … Continue reading →

To be or not to be, that is the question… Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous verbiage. Or to take journalistic arms against a sea of profanities, and by opposing end them: … Continue reading →

There’ve been damn few free agent radio deals go down since the era of people-metered ratings dawned a few years back… For the most part music radio deejays are lucky to hang on to their paychecks period. Shut up and … Continue reading →

Long time no Lew Perkins… The fallen former KU athletics director hit the skids and then the road two years back after seven years of shaking down Jayhawk faithful for basketball and football ticket donation dough, a pair of hugely … Continue reading →

Informant, snitch, tattletale, rat… Take your pick, KU ticket ripoff artist and party boy Rodney Jones – the mastermind behind the scandal that sent Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins packing – is now attempting to parlay his role in the … Continue reading →

At the very least, it won’t be easy… It’s almost implausible, but somehow, someway, beleaguered cyclist Lance Armstrong needs to fall on his sword and divorce himself from the organization that bears his name, The Lance Armstrong Foundation.

It’s been over a year since departing sports scribe Greg Hall made fun of my Fiat… Imagine. And what was that one dude’s name – Rogger – who wanted to bed my girlfriend on a losing bet he made about … Continue reading →

Hard as it is imagine, I had an epiphany while watching Expendables 2… It came to me at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet downtown during the theater’s Van Dammage promotion. The Alamo gang wheeled out four cheesy Jean-Claude Van Damme action … Continue reading →

Remember the Nine Great American Companies that will never recover a few weeks back? Well, Best Buy is way too nouveau to qualify as a “great American company,” but it’s big enough and bad enough off to join Sprint, JC … Continue reading →