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Self-Inflicted Wounds and Decades of Setbacks

Mar 6, 2026
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2026 The Kansas City metro area should be a Midwest powerhouse. Missouri ranks a respectable 12th in the Tax Foundation’s 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index—strong on corporate and property taxes, low overall burden. Yet inside Kansas City, Mo.,… more

A Portal to Hell

Mar 6, 2026
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2026 Well, we made it to February, and for college football fans in the area, it’s time to toast the closing of the 2026 transfer portal. The massive restructuring of team rosters is pretty evident, according to site:… more

KC’s Slouch Toward Socialism

Mar 6, 2026
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2026 Ah, socialism! Last August, patrons headed to the Kansas City-owned Sun Fresh grocery store at East 31st and Prospect only to find the doors locked and a sign posted telling them, “Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances beyond… more

Apple vs. Microsoft—and Both vs. Users

Jan 26, 2026
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2026 Today’s disrupter is clearly AI and the other great disrupter of most of our careers has been the internet. I’d add mobile devices into the conversation as co-conspirators of disruption over the past few decades. Consider if… more

They Have the ‘Artificial’ Part Right…

Jan 26, 2026
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2026 A new year dawns with fears of the havoc to come from artificial intelligence. Let’s just say that, from what I’ve seen, everyone relying on it should proceed with extreme caution. Not long ago, a local TV… more

Who Is Mutilating Our City, and Why?

Jan 26, 2026
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2026 Some years back, I taught for a year through the Fulbright program at a university in eastern France. The assigned textbook in my urban-studies class featured the four great planned cities of the western world. I assumed… more

When Kindness Strikes

Dec 29, 2025
I believe we’re in an era that is considerably more challenging for many non-profits, if not most, to effectively operate. Limited resources must go towards services and core needs, yet communicating the need for assistance is essential to amplify messaging… more

The American Dream-On

Dec 29, 2025
If  you’re still scratching your head about how November’s mayoral election turned out in New York, you can stop. The reasons for electing an avowed socialist to lead the nation’s financial capital should now be clear to anyone not willfully… more

What Does it Mean to ‘Care’?

Dec 29, 2025
Driving into my office one December morning and growing weary of Christmas music, I channel surfed my way to an extraordinary conversation. In just 15 minutes, most of them spent in the McDonald’s drive-through line, I found myself reflecting on… more

The Fall and Rise of KC’s Jason Whitlock

Oct 6, 2025
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2025 In the late 1990s, I co-hosted a talk show on KMBZ radio. Although our show was not about sports, if we saw Kansas City Star ace sportswriter Jason Whitlock leaving the sports talk show in the adjoining… more