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By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Mayor Mark Funkhouser was on KMBZ radio Tuesday afternoon, sounding (as he usually does) alternately condescending and folksy. But here's what struck me:

By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
The Iraqi Army continues to press the Sadrist militia in Basra, and for average residents the situation is improving. Markets are opening and life is returning to normal -- hardly the picture suggested by initial media reports, which portrayed the operation as a near-fiasco.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

It's difficult to feel sorry for dog-abuser/former NFL quarterback Michael Vick. But a stupid upcoming T-Bones minor league baseball promotion almost does the trick.

Just call it the latest installment of State Line Envy.

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser will deliver his first State of the City speech next Thursday. But in tone and setting, it won’t be much like the one Johnson County Commission Chairwoman Annabeth Surbaugh gave April 8.

A thorough investigation is necessary to determine the truth behind allegations of lavish, inappropriate spending by Liberty School District administrators, past and present.

State auditors are best equipped to do that job in an independent manner.

By publicly acknowledging that he was deeply ashamed of the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI took an important first step toward healing in the American church.

Did Pope Benedict XVI go far enough in condemning the sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church? Leave your comments here.

By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008

Jimmy Carter is in the Middle East making nice with Hamas despite requests from the State Department and his own Democratic Party not to. He reminds me once again why he is considered by many as the worst president of the 20th century.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Owners of most of KC's office buildings and warehouse/distribution centers south of the river better wake up to what might happen to their sewer bills. They will explode, just as residential bills will, to pay for improving KC's wastewater system. Here's the latest news: