Oak Park Mall, that once-thriving commercial hub out on 95th St., was the unlucky host yesterday of a rampaging horde of preteen girls — a capitalistic Attica that threatened to disrupt business and overwhelm the elderly mall-walkers who call OPM their gym. What were the demands of these iCarly-loving roustabouts? Simple: they insist that you [...]
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Hundreds Of Area Girls Storm Oak Park Mall, Demand Right To Grossly Overpay For Large Pieces Of Plastic
Posted in Economics, Local Business, tagged American Girl, No Recession In The Doll Market Apparently, Oak Park Mall on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KCK Archbishop Naumann Still Not Quite Grasping Message Of This ‘Jesus’ Character
Posted in Economics, Politics, Religion, tagged Joseph Naumann, KCK Archdiocese, Maine, Same-Sex Marriage on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Remember last month when voters in Maine dealt a pretty decisive knockout blow to same-sex marriage in that state? Yeah, that was depressing. But it turns out we can thank our own local spiritual guides for that result: Joseph Naumann, archbishop of the Kansas City, Kan., archdiocese and stern politician-warner, sent $10,000 to the effort. [...]
Star Reader Advisory Panelists Pretty Much Taking Talking Points Straight From Reactionary Fringe These Days
Posted in Economics, Local blogs, Politics, Star, tagged Afghanistan, Midwest Voices, Obama, Questionable Ideas, Tom Ryan on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Star, as you may know, keeps a stable of “reader advisory panelists” to, presumably, inject an everyman voice into the proceedings at the local paper of record. However, their work often ends up being little more than a glorified letter to the editor. First there was Danette Gamble’s little diatribe against how Islam, and [...]
Mark Mangino Deserves To Be Fired
Posted in Economics, Education, Sports, tagged Firings, KU Football, Lew Perkins, Mark Mangino on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Word on the street — and pretty openly voiced in the mainstream press — is that Saturday’s game against Los Tigres will be Mark Mangino’s last as KU’s head football coach. And it deserves to be, too, but not because of the current brouhaha involving accusations of untoward conduct. No, Mangino should be shown the [...]
‘And Upon This Cadillac I Shall Build My Church’: Young Catholics Bring Proud Roman Tradition, Sweet Rides To KC
Posted in Economics, Religion, Transportation, tagged National Catholic Youth Conference, KC Conventions, Economic Stimulus, Lowriders on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend sees the staging of the National Catholic Youth Conference here in Kansas City, in which 21,000 young Benedict fans will gather in our fair city to pray, party, and honor J.C. by hanging out in the Purple People Eater. The name of their area in Bartle Hall? The “Reign Forest.” Actually… that’s kind [...]
Chiefs Will Gladly Finance LJ’s Journey WIth Winning Team
Posted in Chiefs, Economics, tagged Bengals, Contracts, larry johnson on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Details are starting to trickle out about Larry Johnson’s deal with the new AFC North leaders, where LJ will get a chance to spit drinks in the faces of women all over the Buckeye State. And who’ll be footing that bill? Why, our own gridiron organization, of course. Awesome.
Because NFL veteran contracts are guaranteed at [...]
Posted in Economics, Sprint, tagged Overrated Companies, P/E Ratios Maybe?, Stocks on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hooray! A share of Sprint’s stock will soon — maybe, hopefully! — cost as much as a latte. Um, congrats?
Today In Curmudgeonry: Don’t Bogart The Tax Dollars, Drug War!
Posted in Economics, Unfettered Letters, tagged Drug War, Revenue Sources, Weed on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a daily look at the pulse of Kansas City through the finest prism of local opinion: the Star’s letters section.
Dude… did you ever stop to think about how stupid the war on drugs is? Yeah, we should totally write letters about it! And hey, isn’t Widespread Panic a totally underrated band?
