urinalism

No news(papers)

I went to Ottawa, Kansas yesterday and tried to get the local papers. Ten years ago I got the Kansas City Star, Lawrence Journal-World, Topeka Capitol-Journal, and the Ottawa rag, all of which were dailies. I went to three convenience stores and not one of them sold newspapers. They didn’t sell sandwiches either. Ironically WalmartContinue reading “No news(papers)”

Inflation, newspaper edition

The big city papers left town just over a year ago and I miss it, just not as much as I thought. I had to go to Bartlesville and while I was there I picked up a copy. The price had gone from two to three dollars. This wouldn’t have been so bad if theContinue reading “Inflation, newspaper edition”

Bowled over

Saturday starts the college bowl season. Forty-one games starting with the Bahamas Bowl and the Cure Bowl. If I had not seen this online, I would never had known. Our local newspapers only cover local news, even the dailies. The city papers pulled out earlier this year. Both Kansas schools are involved in this messContinue reading “Bowled over”

World Cup

I miss the old days where Americans didn’t have to pretend to care about the big wogball tournament. The United States didn’t come close to qualifying to play in it from 1954 through 1986. Now that the national team usually at least gets there people and the media at least pretend to care. I mightContinue reading “World Cup”

Elections are six weeks out..

..But you wouldn’t know it if you read the local papers. This should be the time we have profiles of the candidates for local offices. Since early voting begins in less than two weeks, this is more important than ever. There are some referenda on the ballot as well. Our local media think if theyContinue reading “Elections are six weeks out..”

Breakfast, Coffee, and the Morning Paper

Since the big city papers pulled out of the area, I tried to get the local Saturday papers to at least get the high school football results. Since neither paper available could get the results in, I thought I would go on Tuesday morning when both papers would print their next edition. This would haveContinue reading “Breakfast, Coffee, and the Morning Paper”

Urinalism, NFL edition

The NFL season started last weekend, but you won’t know that if you read the local papers. The dailies may have an article from the Kansas City Star about the Chiefs, but even getting the scores of the other games is not going to happen. This is the first start of a major sports seasonContinue reading “Urinalism, NFL edition”

Urinal Delivery

I miss my Sunday ritual of going to the Woodshed in southtown, and reading the Sunday papers while eating sausage, egg and cheese biscuits. Unfortunately there is no longer a Sunday paper to be had in town. The Urinal dropped its Sunday edition in 2010, when it switched from being a daily to a threeContinue reading “Urinal Delivery”

Urinalism is spreading

The Parsons Sun and Chanute Tribune will no longer have the scores of the local football games in Saturday’s edition because the papers are being printed in Joplin, Missouri about 100 miles away. This means they appeared in today’s paper. Meanwhile, the Independence Reporter had a front page story about last Wednesday’s Wilson County ComissionContinue reading “Urinalism is spreading”

I had to make a trip into town today, so I thought I would stop by the office of our local snoozepaper, the one with a one year subscription for 25 bucks I mentioned yesterday. This is the same newspaper I canceled eleven years ago, just before they went to mail delivery. Lo and beholdContinue reading “Urinalism”