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By Juanell Garrett, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008

Some people seem confused about the purpose of my posts concerning books authored by certain Presidential candidates, so first let's clear up that little matter.

By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Board
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By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

Sam Graves's out-of-bounds campaign ad--the one that implies that a vote for Kay Barnes is a vote for San Francisco-style debauchery--is drawing funny comments on national blogs.

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

Mayor Mark Funkhouser's small but hardy bunch of blog critics are atwitter over the saga of Ruth Bates. It's a story of mayoral incompetence on a personnel matter but -- let's face it -- not a good reason to belittle Funkhouser's policies.

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

Sales taxes have become the go-to funding choice for almost all local governments. Want proof?

By this time next year, the tax rate in Kansas City south of the Missouri River could jump 1 percent to — hold your breath — 8.725 percent with the approval of pending tax hikes.

The Democrats have made history this year with a fascinating primary contest that gave virtually every state — even heavily Republican Kansas — its day in the national spotlight.

Many young people focused on public affairs for the first time while many of their parents tossed off years or even decades of political apathy. Millions of women and African-Americans take special pride in the ground-breaking candidacies of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.

Gov. Matt Blunt should resist the pressure to call a special Missouri legislative session. He’s being pushed by those who want to further restrict abortion, but have failed to make their case in more than four months of the regular session that just ended.

By Ross Balano, Midwest Voices Columnist 2008

The United States Senate today called executives from five major oil companies on the carpet about the spiraling cost of oil and record oil company profits.