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• Kansas Senators in the Pockets of the NRA

  

  And Missouri's own Roy Blunt, too, of course, in spite of the fact that 91% of Americans are for background checks for mental stability and criminal history. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Shame on You, Missouri

  

  Missouri stands alone in keeping an innocent man incarcerated after the only witnesses against him have admitted perjury in open court at a habeas hearing. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on America

  “Your republic will be as fearfully plundered and laid waste by barbarians in the 20th century as the Roman Empire in the 5th century; with this difference, tha... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 SOCIETY

• I Miss Communism

  

  . I kind of miss the "Cold War." Back when there was the big, bad, ugly Russian Communists, we knew who our enemies were and it was "them." Now, we don't know... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 SOCIETY

• We Need to Be Far Better Than This, America

  Already there are stories of Americans apparently, reputedly, I admit, attacking Muslims or people thought to be Muslims, because it's thought the 2 men who... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 SOCIETY

• The Robin Hood Tax and Why We Should Get Behind It

  "Wall Street banks and corporations are raking in record profits while our communities continue to suffer job losses and cuts to public programs. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 SOCIETY

• On a New Airport--this Bears Repeating

  

  Thanks to an The Kansas City Star in an "As I See It" column and to our Missouri Representative Sam Graves, we got a bit of common sense and intelligence on... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 SOCIETY

• A Liberal's Dream

  It may only be one evening and one night's entertainment but check it out: Our black, "Liberal" president, first. And he gives us this: In Performance at the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 SOCIETY

• On America, Bombs, Guns and Tragedies

  Face it. Let's face it, America has had it. We've had it with tragedies. We've had it with innocents being killed. And hurt. And maimed. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Cowardice of the Worst and Most Vile

  By now, you've likely heard that 2 bombs went off in Boston, Massachussetts today at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The people who did this, for... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on People, Life and Living

  "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who neve... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--on Guns

  “Gun ownership has dramatically dropped over the last 20 years, so now it’s about selling a larger number of more expensive weapons to a smaller number of... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Kansas Getting All Kinds of Bad Press

  Poor Kansas. It used to be this great, enlightened, progressive place of ideas and hope for the working man and the middle- and lower-classes. No longer, as we... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 SOCIETY

• The Latest on the Airport

  

  Yesterday, the City Council downtown voted to go forward with a study on a new, single-terminal airport for Kansas City and the region. That's the bad news. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Another Big, Local Story the Star Didn't Report on

  Here's a story that was right here in our own figurative "back yard", that's being covered nationally but our own local paper, weak as it is and short on... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Right Wing, Republican, "small Government" Kansas, Loving That Big Federal...

  

  We have, today, ladies and gentlemen, a magnificent example of hypocrisy on a grand scale, coming out of that very Right Wing bastion of Kansas. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 SOCIETY

• The Governor and Statehouse Not the Only Bad Things Going on in Kansas

  

  Besides being ravaged in the last few years by their Governor and very Republican Statehouse in Topeka, it seems Kansas also has another rather large,... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 SOCIETY

• 2 Letters to the Editor at the Star That Get It Right on KCI

  

  Exhibit A: Keep KCI as is I have a new suggestion for the city officials who think we should spend $1.2 billion for a new airport. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Notes on Sacrifice

  

  Notes: First, it's great to see our own Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill joined this group and effort to give back to their country and people. It's more than... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Things That Shouldn't Be Thrown Away

  

  Things that should be recycled, not thrown away-- Plastic bottles Glass bottles Cardboard boxes Paper  Already-built international airports that are well-liked... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 SOCIETY