Most Popular
-
The People vs. Erotic City
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
-
The People vs. Erotic City
Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.
-
Fox 4's Shawn Edwards isn't just a blurb whore
-
Downtown Kansas City says goodbye to Totally Nude
-
Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou?
-
Fox 4's Shawn Edwards isn't just a blurb whore (27)
-
Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou? (16)
-
The People vs. Erotic City (14)
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
-
Smoke Scream (10)
Sure, people feel strongly about the smoking ban. But that doesn't mean we can't discuss it rationally.
-
Missouri State Rep. Jeff Grisamore uses the death of his infant daughter to ask for campaign cash (7)
-
The People vs. Erotic City
It took the gang rape of a 14-year-old before authorities shuttered the orgy room.
-
The People vs. Erotic City
Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.
-
Fox 4's Shawn Edwards isn't just a blurb whore
-
Downtown Kansas City says goodbye to Totally Nude
-
Sure, global warming has skeptics. But how many teach science at Mizzou?
-
Daily Briefs: God, Guns and Manipulative Headlinery
09:25AM 04/16/08 -
Gun Show vs. Gun Violence
08:00AM 04/16/08 -
T-Bones Newest Promotion: Michael Vick Night
10:42AM 04/15/08 -
Birdsall Sings Again
12:03PM 04/16/08 -
Adam Duritz Is Not the Only Counting Crow!
11:59AM 04/16/08 -
Band to Fear: Hundred Years War
08:00AM 04/16/08
What we are writing about
- Antioch Park
- Beaumont Club
- Bottleneck
- Brick
- Citadel Plaza
- Community Development...
- Davey's Uptown
- Department of Burnt Ends
- Eastern Promises
- Jackpot Music Hall
- Jackpot Saloon
- Kevin Devine
- Mark Funkhouser
- NV
- photography
- Pizza Bella
- PlayStation
- Power and Light District
- Record Bar
- Replay Lounge
- Republic Tigers
- The Brick
- The Granada
- The Kingdom
- Unicorn Theatre
- University of...
- VooDoo Lounge
- Westport
- Wii
- Xbox
National Features
-
Seattle Weekly
Back from Iraq
Camaraderie is in short supply between today's soldiers and older vets.
By Nina Shapiro -
Village Voice
Scientology 's Celebrity Defector
TV star Jason Beghe reveals secrets of the controversial church.
By Tony Ortega -
Riverfront Times
Line Up, Tough Guys
Here's an idea: Let felons become bail bondsmen.
By Keegan Hamilton
Tip your Styrofoam cups in celebration of our Anti-Earth Day Awards
Published: April 17, 2008
These days, everybody wants to be green. Environmental boutiques are sprouting up across Kansas City, and Toyota Priuses roam the streets like the buffalo that once grazed the Midwest prairies. By now, even Hummer drivers who toss Styrofoam cups out their windows and hunt cyclists for sport know that April 22 is Earth Day.
But because there are still those who think recycling is for sissies, the Department of Burnt Ends offers this list of less-than-eco-friendly locals. Here are the winners of our first Anti-Earth Day Awards.
Kansas Legislators
Now that intelligent design is yesterday's foolish idea, Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld and Senate President Stephen Morris have been reinterpreting scientific fact. While most political leaders are scaling back their support for coal-fired power, these proud farmers nearly hijacked an entire legislative session to push for the construction of global-warming-gas-spewing smokestacks in Western Kansas.
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt
Environmental protection requires leadership, so maybe that's why Blunt didn't follow the other 11 Midwest governors to a recent summit where they devised a plan for reducing their states' global-warming pollution. Meanwhile, the Republican leader has been busy making sure every gas tank in Missouri is running on a 10 percent blend of ethanol, even though the "green" fuel will actually make Kansas City's air dirtier.
Osborn & Barr
Mother Nature probably didn't intend St. Louis-based Monsanto to genetically engineer an artificial hormone that makes cows produce more milk. So local public-relations outfit Osborn & Barr is helping the company by prodding legislators in Missouri, Kansas and half a dozen other states. Their goal is to make it illegal for small producers to mention on labels that their dairy products don't contain the Monsanto potion.
R. Crosby Kemper
Kansas City has crept up the list of green cities, but the biggest stumbling block has been the sprawling highways and disjointed public-transit system. That's thanks, in part, to Kansas City Public Library CEO R. Crosby Kemper, who's willing to fight for car culture. Recently, the Show-Me Institute
