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• Yet More Brilliance out of Jefferson City

  There's an article in today's edition about what's called "novelty" helmets motorcycle riders are wearing and to their peril: Motorcycle riders, beware 'novelty... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 SOCIETY

• What's up with the Star This Week?

  What was that with the Star this week? Yesterday, it was a size-shrunken version, first. Height and width was reduced and it was only four columns wide. What wa... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 SOCIETY

• Snow. In May. In Kansas City

  

  From photographer/friend Roy Inman : Last time it snowed in Kansas City in May was on the 3rd in 1907. Union Station was completed in 1914, same year that WWI... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 SOCIETY

• The Founding Fathers on Religion and Our Government?

  

  Here you go. Here's one of our Founding Fathers and how serious he took the separation of church and state: Faith based initiatives? Funded by government? I... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• The Keystone XL Pipeline Through Missouri?

  

  Put the Canadian oil company's Keystone XL pipeline through the US and Missouri? Why? So we can get more of this? Exxon says Missouri oil spills from... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• A Cousin Makes an Excellent Point About Upcoming Technology

  

  You have likely heard of Google's developing technology, their glasses, that are computer-equipped and -enabled. As bad as American's have proven to be... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• Wow. Things I Just Learned Last Evening on "CBS Evening News" About America

  

  Watching CBS Evening News last evening, I just learned a great deal of American history. Unfortunately, it was more ugliness, abuse and racism. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on Present-day Republicans

  

  "Apparently there are now two groups of Republicans in the House. First, there's a group of firebrand conservatives headed by Eric Cantor, which, as near as I... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• On Our Weather Forecast: Uh-oh

  From a Facebook post just now: US National Weather Service Kansas City Missouri 2"-3" of snow has fallen near Omaha this evening, and thundersnow is being... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• Look at the Forecasted Snow Amounts for Southern Missouri

  

  Just now, from Meteorologist Doug Heady's photo on Facebook. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 SOCIETY

• Americans Must Never Forget

  

  Timeline Photos Remember this? Ten years ago today, then-President George Bush delivered his now notorious, premature speech in which he declared American... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 SOCIETY

• America's Intrinsic Racism. Still

  

  Yet further proof today, in the news, of what is, in this case, not America's blunt, forthright, obvious racism, no. This is the far more subtle yet sinister... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 SOCIETY

• You Can Now Discriminate Against WHO??

  

  I can hardly believe this happened in America: City bans man with high IQ banned from being a policeman And now, I can hardly believe a court said the city can... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 SOCIETY

• Short-sighted, Greedy Corporate America is Robbing Us of Our Middle-Class:...

  

  For anyone who's been paying attention the last several years, we know the companies across the country are hiring more and more part-time positions instead of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 SOCIETY

• A Star Letter to the Editor Hits the Republicans of the Last 5 Years Squarely...

  From yesterday's Kansas City Star Letters to the Editor: GOP obstructions During my life, I have witnessed the administrations of 11 presidents, beginning with... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Join the Rally! Help Get the Big, Ugly Money out of Our Election System and...

  

  127 Years ago, on May 10, 1886, corporations began to finagle constitutional rights through the US Supreme Court. THAT was just the beginning. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Great News, Kansas City Sports Fans!

  

  Neither the Kansas City Royals™ nor the KCChiefs are on this list: 10 worst sports franchises Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 SOCIETY

• On Buddhism

  

  “Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 SOCIETY

• John Le Carre', on George W. Bush, Part II

  

  Because it's just that good. And true. And right. A decade after “shock and awe,” he (le Carre') still rubs his forehead while speaking of it, as if discussing ... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 SOCIETY

• The Brilliant John Le Carre', on the Nightmare That Was President George W. Bush

  

  From The New York Times Magazine article from a week ago, John le Carré Has Not Mellowed With Age (John) Le Carré has the distinction of being among Bush 43’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 SOCIETY