AltWeeklies Wire
In Missouri, McCain and Palin Refute Realitynew
McCain slammed Obama for telling people what they wanted to hear and then promised, "You will always know where I stand." But even that wasn't true. Back in 2000, McCain called Christian conservatives "agents of intolerance." Now he has selected one as his running mate.
Feeling the Pain of Mayor Mark Funkhouser's First Weeksnew
He's appointed Minutemen member Frances Semler to the parks board and his wife has requested mayoral bodyguards for two town-hall meetings in neighborhoods of color, but we need to let Funkhouser get on with Kansas City's business.