This is part one of a two part post. I'm going to school you rubes on what constitutes a deterrent to crime. Consider it corrections 101, you'll thank me later. Part two, and the actual reason behind this world shaking , ground breaking, piece of gonzo...

The local media in Kansas City has gotten a bad rap over the years. I'll be the first to admit that I'm as guilty as anyone, even more so than most, when it comes to poking sticks through the bars of the monkey cage that is KC media. They aren't all...

Anyone who is paying the slightest bit of attention is well aware that I'm kind of a dinosaur. I'm always waxing philosophic about how it was done back in the day. Parents whipped your ass with Hot wheels track or a belt, unless you were unfortunate...

Mattie Green was probably as high as a Georgia pine when she did it. That is if you believed the rumors, and rumor was she had a habit. Mattie wouldn't be the first otherwise normal housewife who spent her days shrouded in a misty haze of opiates. A...

The waldo rapist is big news around these parts. For you out of town readers here is a little rundown to fill you in. Waldo is a middle class area of Kansas City. I grew up on the far south end of Waldo, although they have yet to put up one of those...