Black History Month Quiz Question No. 5
In 1918, Alice Parker received a patent for a heating furnace. Did it use gas, coal or wood for fuel?
The Black History Month questions, which I shared with the Class of 1999 at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan., are care of Brain Quest from Workman Publishing.
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Immigration non-issue in Kansas
For Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, immigration is the alpha-omega issue of our times.
But fortunately, it barely moved the needle in Kansas politics. Tough immigration reform measures haven’t picked up traction among key Republican legislators.
That’s good for Kansas. Immigrants have been about the only reason the Sunflower … Read More »
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Black History Month Quiz Question No. 4
Isabella Hurley was a New York slave who became a gifted speaker on abolitionism. What name did she choose for herself?
The Black History Month questions, which I shared with the Class of 1999 at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan., are care of Brain Quest from Workman Publishing.
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Say goodbye to ethics in Show Me State
Let’s hope Missouri isn’t leading the way on this one.
Legislation to reinstate ethics laws tossed out by the Missouri Supreme Court last week won’t happen this year. House Majority Leader Tim Jones said it will have to wait until the 2013 legislative session.
Ethics? ethics? We don’t need no … Read More »
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Black History Month Quiz Question No. 3
A 1969 invention by Marie Brittan Brown promotes safety in the home. Is it a security system or a smoke detector?
The Black History Month questions, which I shared with the Class of 1999 at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan., are care of Brain Quest from Workman Publishing.
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North Korea’s new saber rattling
South Korea is planning live-fire drills today, prompting North Korea to threaten “merciless” strikes in retaliation.
The tough talk is part of an ongoing dialogue over war in that tense part of the globe. What’s different is North Korea has a new supreme leader, Kim Jong Un.
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Black History Month Quiz Question No. 2
Was the early 20th century National Equal Rights League founded by William M. Trotter or John S. Rock?
The Black History Month questions, which I shared with the Class of 1999 at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan., are care of Brain Quest from Workman Publishing.
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Payday lending often hurts people of color
A petition drive in Missouri offers people the best hope to stop payday loan joints from stripping the wealth from urban cores.
Advocates want to cap at 36 percent the annual interest rate charged instead of the current 400 percent and more.
It’s an important Black History Month issue because … Read More »
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Black History Month Quiz No. 1
Question:
Norbert Rillieux’s 19th-century invention revolutionized what U.S. industry?
The Black History Month questions, which I shared with the Class of 1999 at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan., are care of Brain Quest from Workman Publishing.
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Gadgets in cars too distracting
Today’s cars come with too many distracting electronic devices.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is right to require carmakers to disable some of the gadgets when the vehicles are in motion to prevent drivers from using the gizmos. That includes built-in GPS systems.
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Severance bomb defused in KC schools
Kansas City Public Schools officials deserve praise for defusing a costly improvised explosive device left behind by outgoing superintendent John Covington.
Covington apparently redrafted contracts for some of his top administrators in the school district increasing their severance pay before his own hasty retreat from town. Covington had been the … Read More »
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Iran creates new worries for U.S., Israel, world
Iran has turned into a unpredictable state for the U.S., Israel and the world.
Applying sanctions on Iran oil sales over it developing nuclear capabilities has caused Iran to end oil sales to six oil dependent European countries.
Mysterious assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists have occurred. Fingers of responsibility … Read More »
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Tragic legacy ends with FEMA trailers
New Orleans finally has shed the last of its FEMA trailers.
The end of more than 23,000 FEMA-issued trailers and mobile homes is a sad reminder of the August 2005 devastation left by of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. It also brings back images of people stranded on rooftops … Read More »
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Girls show best of Kansas City schools
Ma’Kese Wesley and Isis Thompson don’t look like scientists, but the sixth-graders proved with their “UVC Light Sanitizing Lunchbox” invention that age is irrelevant.
Ma’Kese, 11, and Iris, 12, have met with President Barack Obama in the White House because of their invention and achieved media stardom. The Afrikan Centered … Read More »
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Kobach must be smiling — sort of — about voter news
News today that one out of eight voting registrations is inaccurate must have made Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach smile.
Kobach has made a political career railing about the need for voter picture identification cards to combat the number of people voting illegally. That’s added to his focus to … Read More »