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By Juanell Garrett--Midwest Voices Columnist 2008

"Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," Ben Stein's documentary about the difficulties of scientists who dare to tread off the evolutionary path, opened Friday at a few area theaters.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

KC Chiefs General Manager Carl Peterson deserves to be fired. And I do mean "deserves." Where's Clark Hunt when Chiefs fans need him?

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is absolutely right to oppose building a greatly expanded coal-fired plant. But environmentalists need to back off their no-more-coal-in-Kansas arguments. Sebelius has.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Sure, Ed Ford is unhappy about being stripped of his City Council committee chairmanship.

But since no one outside City Hall cares about that fact, here's the important question now that Mayor Mark Funkhouser has kicked Ford off the transportation panel: Does light rail have a future in KC?

By Steven O'Hern, Reader Advisory Panel 2008

The next site for a clash between Moqtada al-Sadr and his opponents is likely to be Najaf, the Shiite religious center in Iraq. The battle in Basra earlier this month revealed that there are limits to the power of Sadr and his Mahdi Army. Sadr's power, although significant, can be neutralized.

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have become much more conscious of the need to help and protect the environment.

Many households recycle plastics and paper. Littering has become socially unacceptable. Compost piles that turn fall leaves into rich soil are popular alternatives to sending yard waste to landfills.

What should people do to keep the Earth healthy? Leave your comments here.

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Jon Empson, senior vice president (responsible for all Aquila operations, regulatory and legislative matters) and Ivan Vancas, vice president, Missouri Electric Operations.

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Treatment programs for youthful offenders aren’t normally thought of as a big draw for out-of-state visitors.

But lawmakers and children’s advocates from around the country have been beating a path to Missouri to tour the residential centers operated by the state’s Division of Youth Services.

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial board

An informal poll of some not-so-randomly selected Pennslvania voters (my relatives) has led me to believe...absolutely nothing.

My sister Susan and her husband are firmly in Barack Obama's corner. Delivering campaign literature door-to-door, in fact.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Board

Here's the lowdown on the supposedly controversial pay raises for KC's mayor and City Council:

1. The City Charter requires the raises.