Subject: Laura Bush

• Daily Briefs in Brief: Bushes in KC, Whatchutalkinbout, Chris Matthews?

  April 2, 2008

• Studies in Crap: "1001 WaysTo Be Romantic"

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. He does this for one reason: Knowledge is power. 1001 Ways To Be Romantic Author: Gregory J.P Godek Publisher: Casablanca Press Date: 1995 Discovered at: Turnstyles thrift store, Overland Park The Cover Promises: If you own this, your relationship is failing. Representative Quotes: "490: Greet him at the door with confetti." "495

  January 22, 2009

• Mouthpiece

  March 14, 2002

• Sentimental Journey

  December 19, 2002

• The Idiot's Guide to Protesting

  December 11, 2003

• Idiot Boxed

  December 25, 2003

• Rachael Ray: yea or nay?

  Flickr: FuzuokoThere are a couple easy ways to get a food-industry worker's blood boiling. The easiest is to talk about stingy tippers. The second, nearly as effective route, is to casually mention that Rachael Ray is a great chef. What Billy Joel is to other musicians, what Dane Cook is to other comedians, Rachel Ray is to real chefs.

  March 4, 2009

• Tour de Blue

  September 21, 2006

• Life of Kemper

  November 13, 2008

• Letters from the week of November 22

  Bike riders — and the KC drivers who wish they'd get off the roads — make some noise.

  November 22, 2007

• Big Matt Attack

  Anti-cloning crusader Matt Bartle makes some very powerful Republicans squirm.

  March 10, 2005

• Bosom Buddies

  While Ahmad Chalabi fights for his political life, his Iraq-invasion co-conspirator is breezing to re-election.

  October 28, 2004

• Sonic Boom

  Explosions in the Sky is no longer under the radar.

  November 20, 2003