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Sigh! Kander Lowers Sights From President to Mayor of KC
If there is a more nakedly ambitious Democrat in America than former Missouri secretary of state and would-be Kansas City mayor…
With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up
Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…
“Mizzou” Has Become Shorthand For “Self-Destructive University”
Board members at the University of Missouri, affectionately known as “Mizzou,” should consider the following headline from The College Fix…
New Subsidized KC Grocery Shows Why “Food Deserts” Become Food Deserts
As the central initiative of her tenure in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama preached about putting an end to…
Media: There’s Been a “Bump” Or Three On STAR Bond Highway
Controversial from the beginning, Kansas STAR Bonds have not done much to alleviate the critics’ concerns. As the Topeka Capital…
Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers
In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…
2 Wyandotte Officers Shot, Killed–5 Shot In Last 3 Years
On Friday morning, two Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies were in the process of transporting murder suspect Antoine Fielder from the…
BBC Finds KC Abortion Survivor More Interesting Than Do Local Media
This week the “Victoria Derbyshire Programme” on the famed BBC network did a feature on Kansas City abortion survivor Melissa…
Death of Hacker Who Busted Bradley Manning Mystifies Wichita Coroner
In 2010, eight years before his mysterious death, notorious Wichita computer hacker Adrian Lamo made an online friend of Bradley…
The 10 Best Kansas Public High Schools in Greater KC
Over the past few weeks, the Sentinel has been documenting the performance of the public high schools on the Kansas…
Special Prosecutor Baker Declines To File Criminal Charges Against Greitens
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Bakers surely would have liked to take a whack at the Eric Greitens piñata, but…
4 Years Later, Accused Kansas Hate Slayer of 7 Still Has Not Gone to Trial
If an individual stands accused of purposefully killing seven people of a different race, is it safe to assume that…
Kansas City Fashion Designer Kate Spade Dies at 55, Suicide
In the spring of 2016, only the Second Coming of the Lord could have created more excitement at St. Teresa’s…
NY State Targeted KC-Based Lockton, NRA Targets NY State
For years, the Kansas City–based insurance broker, Lockton Cos., served as a broker for the “Carry Guard” insurance program offered by the…
Kobach Not Intimidated By “Snowflake Meltdown” Over Replica Gun
“Had a blast riding in the Old Shawnee Days Parade in this souped up jeep with a replica gun,” Republican…
Here Is The One School in Kansas With An “A” Grade From KPI
No one can accuse the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) of grade inflation. In its comprehensive assessment of all the 1300-plus…
If You Want a Starbucks This Afternoon, Go to Target
Today, May 29, in an historically significant act of showy self-flagellation, all 8,000 company-owned Starbucks will close at 2:30 p.m.…
Comey Gets Standing O From Sold-Out KC Crowd
Between October 28, 2016, and May, 9, 2017, only one man in America was more despised by the leftward third…
Greitens Prosecutor Strikes Out Again, Pro-Life Activist Acquitted of Terrorism Charges
Even after a St. Louis grand jury refused to indict po-life activist John Patrick Ryan, 65, even after he passed…
Olathe High Schools Need to Aim Higher
If students performed as unspectacularly as the high schools in the Olathe School District, parents might be inclined to take…
Why KCK’s Sumner Academy Is Outperforming Blue Valley Southwest
Based on demographics, one would expect Blue Valley Southwest High School to outperform every other public school in the Blue…
Greitens Accuser Continued Affair to Prove “He Really Likes Me”
When asked by KSDK St. Louis why she continued her affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens if she felt coerced…
Greitens Case Gets More Perverse, Judge Turns to Jackson County for Special Prosecutor
Given the lack of crime and corruption in Jackson County, County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has been appointed “Special Prosecutor”…
The Grades Are In For KCK Schools–Worse Than You Imagine!
In a comprehensive review, the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) has issued easily understood A-F grades for every school in the…