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Barack Obama didn't dis the Philly cheesesteak

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial board

In building a case that Barack Obama is surely an elitist snob, Michelle Malkin notes as Exhibit A his failure to chomp down a Philadelphia cheesesteak while campaigning in Pennsylvania. (See her column in today's Star or find it at www.townhall.com.)

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Submitted by barbshelly on April 18, 2008 - 11:36am.
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How about those "activist" Missouri legislators

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial board

Three cheers for Associate Circuit Judge Charles Curless of Barton County, Mo., for his gutsy e-mail blast about "activist legislators."

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Submitted by barbshelly on April 18, 2008 - 4:49pm.
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Saturday's editorial: Kenya's cabinet still needs work

Kenya’s new coalition cabinet has no time for a honeymoon. It must settle down fast to work out measures aimed at returning the East African nation to lasting political stability.

The first priority is to repair an economy that was hurt by the post-election violence that followed the disputed Dec. 27 general elections.

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Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 18, 2008 - 5:30pm.
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Ford's down, Riley's up, Funkhouser's right

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

The bottom line of Mayor Mark Funkhouser's City Council committee shuffle on Friday:

1. Ed Ford is mad he got dumped as transportation chair. Sorry, it's not a big surprise.

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Submitted by Yael T. Abouhalkah on April 18, 2008 - 5:44pm.
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What's your opinion?

Share your favorite sign of spring. Go ahead, be poetic.

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Submitted by barbshelly on April 18, 2008 - 10:51pm.
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