Kansas City isn’t a bicycle-friendly community. That’s dismaying, particularly now that gas prices are soaring and more people are riding to work.
Mayor Mark Funkhouser has outlined a reasonable path to make it more enjoyable and easier for bicyclists to get around the city.
Anyone who has pondered the relatively low numbers of women in politics, top management and prominent board positions might want to take a look at a new study by the Girl Scouts.
At least part of the reason might be in how young girls perceive leadership far differently than boys.
By Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The June edition of "Playboy" has a snippet called "Ask Some Hookers" where a few high-priced L.A. call girls were asked to rank the nation's governors on "doability."
By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008
When I read Bob Sommer’s article about his participation in a peace rally I must admit that I was a bit puzzled.
Why, I thought, would people passing by make obscene gestures and bad remarks? We ALL want peace right? I think we mostly differ on what we are willing to give up and how much of it to achieve that peace. “Blessed are the peacemakers” right? God bless you all.
By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
Nancy Pelosi gets an indifferent welcome in Iraq.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has ratcheted up her opposition to a large coal-fired power plant in western Kansas. The latest "victim:" Johnson County's intermodal hub.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
KC just paid $18,000 for 15 high-def TV sets in the new City Council chambers at City Hall. A few elected officials are bracing for public criticism. Sorry, can't get too excited about it.
By Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
The federal government has been hard at work in Iowa lately.
In May, federal officials quietly leased a huge cattle complex in Waterloo, Iowa. Soon citizens were speculating about what might possibly be coming to the National Cattle Congress fairgrounds. A simulation exercise for federal officials to practice responding to an incident of mass terrorism?
Neither President Bush nor the Democrats come off looking very good in their recent shouting match over the idea of talking with Iran.
The key principle to keep in mind: U.S. leaders should not make concessions that reward terrorism because that will encourage more terrorism.
Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline takes pains to portray himself as an involved prosecutor, not just an anti-abortion crusader.
But a Web site designed by a leading abortion opponent leaves no doubt that Kline works hand-in-hand with activists who want to see abortion clinics shut down.
By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008
Governor Sebelius today vetoed HB 2019, a bill that would have required most Kansas voters to show a photo ID when voting beginning in 2010.
Exactly who is she trying to protect?
There's been lots going on in the world while I was computerless in Vegas. While there, I noticed another example of illegal immigrants doing jobs Americans won't do.
