By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
UPDATED at 1 p.m. Friday
Here's what happens when a mayor and City Council with true courage are in charge of laws on smoking: They ban it on the gambling floors of casinos. No, not in KC, in Atlantic City.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
Aquila has been an incompetently run utility for so long that its recent success in the General Assembly comes as a surprise. Then again, given the lawmakers' spineless behavior in recent days, maybe not.
Steven O'Hern, Reader Advisory Panel 2008
Earlier this week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi effectively killed approval of the Colombian Free Trade Agreement during this Congress.
By Debra Sapp-Yarwood, Midwest Voices Panelist 2008
My friend thinks she’s complimenting me when she says, “You have such a healthy lifestyle.” I mumble my thanks … then cringe.
A vital campaign to benefit the Kansas City area’s rich collection of arts organizations deserves strong support from businesses and their employees.
The ArtsKC Fund recently kicked off its second annual drive, with the goal of raising more than $800,000 in 2008. That would double donations from the fund’s first year.
By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
As often happens when violence flares in Iraq, the recent fighting in Basra prompted media accounts that were almost diametrically opposed.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial board
Not much has changed since Elson Floyd left Missouri for the happier environs of the state of Washington. The General Assembly here still fails to see that investing in higher education is good for a state's physical, mental and economic health.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial board
The obituary apparently is being prepared in anticipation of Katie Couric's demise as CBS news anchor. Here, the New York Times speculates she'll be gone in the next few weeks.
The Bush administration’s stalling game on Iraq continues, amid a flurry of confusing rhetoric.
Essentially, President George Bush remains wedded to the policy that so many military and diplomatic experts have long warned against: an unlimited military commitment to a badly divided country that is far too reluctant to mend its ways.
What do you think of President George Bush's latest plan in Iraq? Leave your comments here.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
Abetted by weak-kneed Commissioner Bud Selig, Kansas City Royals outfielder Jose Guillen will benefit from baseball's decision to slap the wrists of reported drug users.
