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C’mon Sam, you gotta focus brother… Are things so desperate at the Kansas City Star that they are proffering illogical arguments to try and pander to drunken Chiefs fans? If not, why is columnist Sam Mellinger arguing against a policy … Continue reading →

Drunken expedition, anyone? The Chiefs have coined a new term for drunken idiots: “core fans.” That’s how Chiefs prez Mark Donovan characterized the team’s infamous, hardcore tailgaters in referencing a new parking area being set aside for younger, cleaner-cut football fans. … Continue reading →

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse… Hey, when you go from more than 2,000 employees to fewer than 200, you know times are tough. And frankly, when you’re Kansas City’s 800 pound media gorilla, there’s nowhere to … Continue reading →

On November 15th, 1969, I was there… On the steps of the Washington D.C. National Art Gallery, during the Vietnam Moratorium Protests, where 500,000 people showed up. It was a hell of a party.   Two days in D.C. of chasing chicks … Continue reading →

Are we done mourning yet? I’d like to think we are – I am (or so I think) – but Wild Bill Nigro is not. Yesterday for example, he had to endure watching the Chiefs loss all by his lonesome. Nigro’s … Continue reading →

Let’s cut right through the hype and get to the down and dirty… The filmmakers behind THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS believe in truth in advertising. Like their main barker lines in ads that state, “No Sesame. All Street.” And, “Sex. Murder. Puppets.” … Continue reading →

I think he’ll understand… But I’ll conducting my mourning in private – outside of my sharing with you here. Some people need to go to church to harvest their religion. Some don’t. I think it’s fair to say that over … Continue reading →

Ready for a conspiracy theory of Larry Sells-like, epic proportion… Fasten your seatbelts cuz this one’s a lulu. You may recall in yesterday’s column about my memories of Craig Glazer that it ended on an odd note. I was writing about how … Continue reading →

Lucky me… I started my, “I remember Craig” story Thursday before my computer crashed and left me high and dry with an hour’s worth of missing-in-action, unrequited  Craig Glazer love. My only alternative:  start completely over. Ugh. Needless to say, … Continue reading →

They can dish it out, but they can’t take it… The funny thing about power – besides absolute power corrupting absolutely – is the people who possess it tend think of themselves as inarguably correct most of the time. It … Continue reading →

Brace yourselves, here it comes… “Craig passed away last night,” says longtime friend and former Chiefs star Ted McKnight. “He had a heart attack and passed. I don’t think his heart could handle everything that was going on.” “Everything” ranged … Continue reading →

Being a good friend isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be… Such seems to be the case with Westport businessman Bill Nigro.  From the get-go – for the past several months – Nigro has been Johnny-on-the-spot there for his … Continue reading →

I’ll be honest… When I first heard of this movie it sounded like a racial slur to me. Imagine substituting just about ANY other ethnic group into the title! “Crazy Rich (Blank),” anyone? I digress. CRAZY RICH ASIANS is a fantasy, … Continue reading →

Whatever happened to halfway unbiased journalism? When it comes to politics it’s long gone. As evidenced by the local newspaper of record’s relentless, blatant efforts to diminish Kansas gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach. Right down to running an unflattering, sinister pic … Continue reading →

This just in… KCC scribe and comedy club czar Craig Glazer underwent surgery earlier today and lived to tell the story…in a manner of speaking. That according to longtime Glazer pal (and former roommate) legendary Chiefs running back Ted McKnight. “I was just … Continue reading →

BLACKkKLANSMAN ranks right up there as the ULTIMATE CON… Had things not gone down the way they did in the late 1970s we’d be tearing it apart for being too improbable. But this is an incredible and outrageous TRUE story! The … Continue reading →

I just came back from lunch with (a friend)… LA is a giant suburb – that’s why I’m comfortable there – I grew up in the suburbs! You can own a house, have a yard and drive your car. Although … Continue reading →

If you’re following airline history, you know it’s a legendarily bad business… The runway is littered with bankrupted airlines, Pan Am, Braniff, Eastern, TWA…the list is endless. But now airlines are incredibly profitable, because they’ve figured out YIELD! The bottom line: … Continue reading →

Seems like every summer one small film comes along that really gets it… Think LADY BIRD—and maybe LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. No explosions. No car chases. No CGI. Just a ton of buzz at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. … Continue reading →