AltWeeklies Wire
A Massive Free Clinic Takes the Pulse of Health Care in Americanew
Familiar rhetoric: "We have the best health care in the world!" Anyone who has actually said that in the last year is probably not at Bartle Hall December 10. The weather hasn't kept away a couple of thousand people who need help. It has just made it harder for some to get here.
Hey, All You People Worried About Journalism: Meet the Future Pressnew
Take one glance at the eight-page tabloid Voice of the Tigers, put out by sixth and seventh graders, and its clear that freedom of the press is alive and well at Kansas City's Franklin School.
Commission on Wartime Contracting Tries -- Finally -- to Summon Truman's Spiritnew
Earlier this week in Washington was the first public hearing of a new bureaucratic body called the Commission on Wartime Contracting -- the lovechild of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and Virginia Sen. Jim Webb.
Are We Really Ready for Life Without American Cars?new
Here's the thing about the American public: we never learn. We squeezed into the backseats of our moms' Pintos in the 1970s, then grew up to fill vast suburban parking lots with Expeditions and Yukons and Escalades. Then we freak out when gas hits $4 a gallon and blame U.S. automakers.
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.
Call Bullshit on Conservatives' Tired Argument About Democrats and Tax Increasesnew
The Republican argument about the Democrat always boils down to one thing.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
09-03-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Taxes
How the Quest for a Waylon Jennings T-shirt Ended with Owning the Legend's Tour Busnew
Fred Wickham has two types of friends: the ones who thought he was crazy around this time last year — and the ones who thought what he did was the coolest thing ever.
"Dr. Phill," "Blunt Trauma," "Good Night and Good God"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Tags: media
How I Got Steamed on a Trip to the Air-conditioned Outdoor Mallnew
Last Tuesday around 1 p.m., with the temperature in the mid-80s and the humidity about that high, I took a cruise through the Plaza: I counted 20 stores with doors open and ACs blasting.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
07-17-2007 |
Commentary
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.
Sperm: The Final Frontiernew
A Kansas City scientist wants to go where no scientist has gone before: the male birth-control pill.
Justice at Last?new
Alvin Sykes may be a high school dropout, but he knows how to make senators listen and murderers sweat.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
03-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Caller IDnew
Sprint helps George W. Bush and his spies.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
02-21-2006 |
Civil Liberties
She's No Martinnew
White politicans shamelessly hijack MLK Day.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
01-31-2006 |
Commentary
