Archeologists have learned that the whole "Pharaoh is a living god" thing was just a big pyramid scheme.

So, don't like the the old tried and true New Year's Resolutions, eh? Gotta be all "progressive" and try to "start so...

One of the truths that I hold to be self-evident is that places aren't boring, people are. As a life-long Kansan maybe that's jus...

Say what you will about the new Netflix pricing changes/fiasco, they still have some really good, not to mention educational, video content....

We hit up the Liberty Memorial and the National World War I Museum last weekend. We really enjoyed ourselves, though we didn't allot e...

Our family celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday with a trip to one of the best cultural attractions in the metro area. The Nelson-Atkins Mu...

Catholic leadership has been taking a lot of heat recently , and rightfully so. You can't give tacit (or even blatant) approval to pedop...

A week ago today, and 79 years, the coach stood frustrated at Kansas City Municipal Airport after missing a reunion with his two sons. He bo...

It probably shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that the anniversary of the Bill of Rights was a couple of days ago and nobody notic...

I'm going to my high school class reunion this weekend, (yes, there was a time when I had class). To mark the occasion I thought I'd...

In our ongoing social/civic/economic discussion, Xavier Onassis , my second cousin twice removed and head of the International Organization...

In honor of taking the day off (I wish) and drinking lots of Mexican cerveza and refusing to refer to it as "Mexican Flu" -- here...

KCMeesha today has a fascinating post about the revisionist propaganda and photographic falsification employed by the post-revolution USSR...

Sometimes those interesting historical footnotes are hiding right under your, well, feet. And it only takes an afternoon walk on fine midwin...

This morning's sad news proved that my self-imposed protective media shield isn't impermeable to all of the mass media's message...

tagged: flag , half staff , 9/11 , Sept. 11 , photo , anniversary

Last year, I was tagged by one of Kansas City's most no-no-notorious bloggers in the Twilight Zone Moment meme . The instructions: Recal...

It's ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand (or at least it was when it was today there). This day obviously has more meaning for the A...

I mentioned previously that my Supermodel Wife and I went to Union Station Wednesday to see the famous Dead Sea Scrolls . We were both excit...

Dinner last night was at Plaza III with some business associates and agency partners. It's one one of the nicer places in KCMO, so if yo...