I stayed up until 5 a.m. at a Kansas City bar to watch the World Cup — and the late-night crowds ^1.5%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Thomas White - 6/27/2026, 9:00 AM

Hasty Generalization 5.6% - Representativeness Heuristic 2.9% - Anecdotal 2.7%

Some people simply can’t stomach dining solo or sitting in a movie theater all alone. I can. Last week, I spent nearly 10 hours by myself at a storied dive bar downtown. On a Tuesday night. Until 5 a.m. Wednesday. more

Some Kansas City restaurants add auto-gratuity for the World Cup to protect tipped workers ^59.8%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Thomas White - 5/4/2026, 9:00 AM

Anecdotal 10.4% - Hasty Generalization 8.6% - Pessimism Bias 8.2%

The countdown is on as Kansas City is set to host six World Cup matches starting June 16. Four national soccer teams — Argentina, England, the Netherlands and Algeria — will soon also set up base camps in the area where the teams will practice and stay between matches. The Kansas City area is expected to be swarmed with fans of the... more

Kansas City's AI data center building boom could hurt regional job market in the long term ^5.1%

The Beacon - By Thomas White - 3/22/2026, 9:00 AM

Andrew Jonas has spent the past three years building data centers in Kansas City’s Northland as a union plumber. At a recent public hearing he lauded the construction jobs those projects have provided. Even so, he spoke against a 90% tax abatement for a multibillion-dollar project in his hometown of Independence. “They’re popping up like... more