A blog about Kansas City politics and culture.

As far as I know, most of my people were farmers. On both my parents' sides, my Scandinavian ancestors came across the ocean looking for better topsoil. I know immigrants came for many reasons-- to ...

I am an admirer of grand old houses. I live downtown, just blocks away from some of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, ...

Sandler was at Madison Square Garden on Friday evening and on X one day later.

My husband, Peter’s, birthday is this week. Peter does not celebrate his birthday. Peter doesn’t think the day of his birth is anything to celebrate. He’s happy to celebrate my birthday, but he says ...

Printers usually fall into two categories, they are either PostScript (PS) or Printer Control Language (PCL) printers. Both PostScript and Printer Control Language are page descriptive languages. This ...

In a 1997 Profile for the magazine, he looked for Donald Trump’s soul. Where it should have been he found—nothing.

He’s happy to celebrate my birthday, but he says he should get to do what he wants to do on his birthday. And what he wants ...

This is a complaint from both the far left & right for anybody able to watch without tacitly revealing their weird hangups . ...

When I was 8 years old, I played a game while on vacation. I was visiting the ocean for the first time. The sand was dry, and ...

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights ...

When I was eight years old, I played a game while on vacation. I was visiting the ocean for the first time. The sand was dry, ...