By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Democrat Jay Nixon already has a huge poll lead in the Missouri governor's race.
Now, the two Republicans fighting for their party's nomination -- Kenny Hulshhof and Sarah Steelman -- are attacking each other. Nice job, GOP.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Mayor Mark Funkhouser was in Washington on Thursday to tell Congress about the need to repair the nation's infrastructure. Hey, it's not as interesting as the turmoil surrounding wife Gloria Squitiro but it's still important stuff.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt and others are speaking up against the proposed takeover of Anheuser-Busch by InBev, a Belgian-Brazilian company. But what are the politicians going to do? Give A-B large tax breaks to stay in St. Louis? And will shareholders really turn down a $46 billion bid?
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Glenda Grimes described her mother’s death to police as “a gateway to a better world.”
Certainly, the world that 72-year-old Glenda Stevens knew in her final days was wretched.
By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices columnist 2008
Today the Supreme Court of the United States dealt a major setback to the Bush administration’s plans to deal with terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay.
A ruling is expected soon from an arbitration panel on the transfer of seven schools within the Kansas City School District to the Independence District.
The voters have spoken. They want the schools and the students transferred, part of a boundary change decision approved last November.
Boy Scouts attending leadership training at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa were prepared for bad weather. They had practiced an emergency drill at camp. They took cover as they saw the storm coming.
By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
I've just visited the Obama campaign's new web site, www.fightthesmears.com.
It's not exactly a web designer's dream, and some of the "smears" are old news. ("Sen. Obama is not a Muslim." Got it. If he was, he wouldn't have gotten in so much trouble because of his Christian now ex-pastor.)
Denise Tiller, Midwest Voices 2008
A house is the most important investment that most of us make and we quickly discover that home-ownership is more than making mortgage payments. Houses of any age need maintenance. There is always something to repair or replace. But a home is more than just a building, it's the place where we raise families, where we live and we do more than keeping up with repairs, we keep it clean, we paint, we mow the lawn, we personalize our homes.
Denise Tiller, Midwest Voices 2008
I'm having a hard time understanding why women who supported Hillary Clinton would even consider voting for McCain. I know they have a right to be disappointed. I'd love to see a woman president and in any other year, Mrs. Clinton would've had a lock on the nomination. Still, it's important to be adult about this. When your candidate loses the primary, you should cast your vote for the person who best represents your candidate's views, not the person who is the polar opposite.
