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By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

John McCain's speech in Ohio today has a disconcerting "Mission Accomplished" echo.

“By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom,’’ the Republican almost-nominee said at the Columbus Convention Center. “The Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension."

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Kathleen Sebelius was raised to be a Catholic and elected to be a governor. A church leader is turning that into an uncomfortable intersection.

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

The usual suspects erupted with predictable outrage over the California Supreme Court's ruling striking down a ban on same-sex marriage.

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Next week is shaping up as an important one in Mayor Mark Funkhouser's effort to build consensus behind regional light rail.

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles has found a way to bring charges against the suburban St. Louis mom who helped create a fake MySpace boyfriend for an emotionally unstable teenager.

Fleeing in a car, Randy Ralstin killed an innocent driver in 1999.

That should have disqualified him from receiving a driver’s license for a very long period of time. But Ralstin got a license on the day he was paroled after serving seven years in prison.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. It’s the first step toward reversing the animals’ downward spiral to potential extinction.

By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008

I read the front page article in The Kansas City Star today about the polar bears being added to the endangered species list as threatened and it says, “The bear population across the Arctic doubled from about 12,000 to 25,000 since 1960.”