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    <title><![CDATA[ Taking a big step toward November victory ]]></title>
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        Many people who follow politics were aware of Sarah Palin well before John McCain chose her as his running mate.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Energy exaggeration is blowing in the wind ]]></title>
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        On the scale that he envisions, T. Boone Pickens&#39; plan to  use wind power to replace much of the natural gas now used to generate electricity is a pipe dream.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ McCLANAHAN: These energy proposals are far from original ]]></title>
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        Barack Obama issued an &amp;ldquo;emergency economic plan&amp;rdquo; recently, followed by a big speech outlining an energy plan. For somebody identified as the &amp;ldquo;change&amp;rdquo; candidate, he served up some pretty familiar stuff.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ The genuine economic worry is stagflation ]]></title>
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        People don&amp;#8217;t judge their well-being based on a static snapshot, no matter how good present conditions may be. They decide based on their view of the future.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Ten days in the timeless realm of Scout camp ]]></title>
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        The main charm of the Boy Scout camp experience is how little things have changed at the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Drop the barriers and explore alternatives ]]></title>
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        For too long, we&amp;#8217;ve walled off too much of our own energy endowment. It&amp;#8217;s time to drop those barriers and start doing more to help ourselves, and rely less on the tender mercies of dubious suppliers heading odious regimes.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ McCain&#39;s talk of &amp;lsquo;sharing&#39; oil profits should disturb voters ]]></title>
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        During his long career, Sen. John McCain has found all sorts of ways to drive Republicans nuts. He did it again the other day with a couple of pratfalls on NBC&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Today Show.&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Obama misses the reality of progress in Iraq ]]></title>
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        Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s position on the Iraq war may have helped him win the Democratic presidential nomination. But his inability to &amp;#8220;change&amp;#8221; could prove a significant vulnerability in the general election.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Creating more barriers won&#39;t solve energy woes ]]></title>
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        High oil prices have finally caused the government to take action. In the capital last week, top officials said they plan to exempt about 30 oil-and-gas fields from certain taxes in a bid to encourage more output. They also moved quickly to open up two new offshore fields for more drilling. Both fields could be producing oil and gas by next year.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Democratic split will dog Obama in Missouri ]]></title>
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        Can Barack Obama win in November? That may come down to whether he can win in Missouri. Deep divisions that appeared in the Democratic electorate in the state&#39;s February primary make taking Missouri tough, but not impossible. for Obama in the general election.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Power &amp; Light District is an urban-design standout ]]></title>
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        While the Kansas City Power &amp; Light District must prove its long-term financial viability, from an urban-design standpoint the project is an outstanding success, a fine example of effective civic art.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ A conversation with a crafty gentleman, Colin Powell ]]></title>
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        In town recently to give a lecture at Fort Leavenworth&amp;#8217;s Command and General Staff College, Colin Powell answered many questions from journalists. But the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff didn&#39;t say whether he thought the United States would win in Iraq.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Gun bans can&#39;t stop wackos bent on murder ]]></title>
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        The panel that oversees Kansas state universities has decreed that campuses under its control shall be weapons-free. I wonder: Will students, faculty and staff feel safer?      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ MCCLANAHAN: Battle in Basra was win for Iraqi government ]]></title>
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        As often happens when violence flares in Iraq, the recent fighting in Basra prompted media accounts that were almost diametrically opposed.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Risky Obama plan would punish job building ]]></title>
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        I&#39;m still digesting Barack Obama&#39;s recent interview with CNBC&#39;s Maria Bartiromo.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Obama can&#39;t escape that skin color is a factor ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:37 CDT</pubDate>
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        Geraldine Ferraro sure stepped on a political land mine the other day. Barack Obama, she said, wouldn&#39;t be where he is today if he hadn&#39;t been black.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Clinton and Obama offer matching set of wrongheaded proposals ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:42 CST</pubDate>
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        Well, just shoot me. Economic growth is stalling, inflation is rising, commodity prices are shooting up, the dollar is falling and a new bomb seems to go off in the credit markets every morning.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Buckley showed range of conservative ideas ]]></title>
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        One of my first encounters with the work of William F. Buckley Jr., who died last week, was a collection of essays entitled American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century, which Buckley edited and published in 1970.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ With McCain, think of the GOP before Reagan ]]></title>
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        So, what might a John McCain presidency look like? As improbable as this prospect seemed six months ago, it could happen.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Rebates likely to do little for the economy ]]></title>
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        The stock market is gyrating, credit markets are shaky and last month U.S. employment dropped for the first time in more than four years, raising fears of an impending recession.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Bush can signal the end of excessive earmarks ]]></title>
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        Budget stories normally draw little interest, and even less with a presidential campaign heating up. But the massive spending bill recently passed by Congress presents President Bush with an enticing opportunity to knock the Capitol Hill spending culture on its keister.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ From Iraq to KC, bold predictions ]]></title>
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        In last year&#39;s predictions, I was pessimistic about two key events. I thought the troop surge would only marginally improve the situation in Iraq by the end of 2007. Instead, the turnaround has been rapid and undeniable.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Congressional Democrats are next Iraq hurdle ]]></title>
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        The biggest story of 2007? Easy: The ongoing success of the troop surge in Iraq. Violence is down, the Iraqi economy is growing, electricity production is on the rise and oil exports are increasing.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Kitchen-table dynamic is best left at home ]]></title>
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        By now, Mark Funkhouser and his wife, Gloria Squitiro, are probably wondering how it got this crazy.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ KC Zoo requires much effort for little reward ]]></title>
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        Where are the animals? That&amp;rsquo;s a frequent complaint about the Kansas City Zoo, and a valid one.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ The organic bandwagon is running on faith ]]></title>
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        Next on the grocery-store list: syrup. Ah, here it is. I eyed the choices, then did a double-take. The high-end brands were at eye level, and boy, were they high end. One variety asked a price of nearly 10 bucks for about 12 ounces. Farther down, near the floor, I found what I wanted: the lowly store brand &#151; twice the quantity for less than two dollars.      
    
  

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        In politics, a few months is an eternity, as they say. The dramatic turnabout in Iraq is a classic illustration.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[ Missouri ballot proposal on cloning skillfully dances around the issue ]]></title>
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        Supporters of a Missouri constitutional amendment are crying foul over the latest ballot summary by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.      
    
  

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