Ladies, if the boss finds you too hot, you can be fired. This is not a joke, although portions of the December decision read like the satirical news site The Onion. Male immaturity just got a big thumb’s up from the all-male Iowa Supreme Court.
People ought to remain curious and watchful. The International House of Prayer, recently featured in Christiane Amanpour’s two-part TV special on the Bible, will continue to make an imprint on this area and be part of how Kansas City is noted.
Lock Rush Limbaugh in a closet. Shut the door and keep it sealed until he’s deceased. Removing the bust of Limbaugh from the Hall of Famous Missourians in the Capitol’s rotunda and limiting inductees to the deceased would solve the ridiculous controversy about it.
The well armed of America have the National Rifle Association working for them, and far too many weak-willed members of Congress. But who do the mentally ill have? Who do those who care for them have to make sure they are not forgotten in between tragedies such as Newtown?
“What did your community teach you about guns?” Expand the questions and, sooner or later, someone would have to admit that nonchalance toward weaponry exists everywhere. Murders and suicides by gunfire occur in all communities, at all economic levels.
“Arm the teachers” is the first flimsy argument gathering steam after the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders. It seeks to draw a connection between places where guns aren’t allowed — schools in this case — and mass shootings. No surprise that a few Missouri politicians pounced to file legislation.
For all the bluster about makers and takers, job creators and moochers off society, one group is habitually left voiceless. They are the people who actually perform manual work, the blue-collar employees. They operate forklifts, stand on assembly lines, drive trucks and, yes, put sugary cream into yellow cakes.
Christmas came early for the families of Rosedale Ridge, a low-income housing complex in Kansas City, Kan. It arrived in the form of technology: free Internet access, thanks to the ingenuity of the nonprofit Connecting for Good.
The nation has a duty to protect its tiniest, most vulnerable citizens. Our children. Every last one of the 20 precious souls who died Friday deserves a more pertinent and lasting memorial than the shock of a nation reeling. They deserve changes in how we manage the right to own weaponry in America.
“Change can be easy” is the leading quote in a flow chart to help guide people through Kansas’ shift to managed care for those covered by Medicaid. But change is never easy. Not for humans. And this is a massive undertaking, set to begin next month.
This Christmas is special for the Acedo family. A year has passed since Olga Jurado died of cancer a few weeks after daughter Camila’s birth and the children's father was deported to Mexico, forcing Zenia Acedo, now 20, to suddenly become the head of a household of five children. How the family coped is a testament to the impact of strangers.
Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear more from the tricorn-hat crowd, especially if they continue to raise money.
When Bob Dole appeared last week before the U.S. Senate, you might assume that he was greeted warmly. To his face, he was. But after his wife, Elizabeth Dole, rolled his wheelchair out of view, a cowardly display of what passes for politics today took over.
A mea culpa from the media. The student loan repayment “crisis” is not as it seems. An economist concludes: “It’s not a big issue for most people, but it is a huge issue for a tiny group of people.”
Too much of the surmising after the deaths of Kasandra Perkins and Jovan Belcher cheats domestic violence of its power. To attach blame on the gun, or the knife or whatever weapon helped cause an injury, unfairly obscures the hold that domestic violence has on America. And this is a death grip.
They say Social Security is the third rail of American politics: Touch it and you die. That extends to Medicare and even Medicaid as well. I’d like to take this opportunity to remind President Barack Obama and members of both parties in Congress of why that is.
Sports figures are fine for fundraising. The draw of a heavyweight at a well-organized dinner can bring out the higher end donors. But the neediest kids in this city, the ones who literally die for lack of a consistent male role model, would fare better if city money was spent differently.
Title this “Political magical thinking of the holiday season, Part II.” Thanksgiving’s column dealt with illogic around unwed mothers and poverty. “Marry! If these single moms would only marry,” is too often the rallying cry. No, it’s not that simple.
There are dangers in latching onto the belief that merely getting people to marry will solve poverty. Too often this theory is used to justify gutting social programs that could help people become financially stable and therefore become more likely to marry.
For two decades now, politicians and public scolds have sold America on the idea of a sterner penal system. Zero tolerance, three strikes and you’re out, supermax prisons and legions of young men who have done time — these are the hallmarks of our age.
Kwan Wu is the reason Johnson County might one day be known for an expansive sculpture garden filled with scores of important works from artists around the world. It’s past time to recognize it.
How quickly the electorate forgets. The long lines at the polls, the glut of millionaire money that poured into candidates’ coffers, the efforts to undercut voters’ rights under the guise of preventing “voter fraud.” Before this chance for post-election reflection completely vanishes, though, let’s talk election reform — and begin to push for it.
The International House of Prayer, based in south Kansas City, isn’t accused of anything criminal in Bethany Ann Deaton’s murder, but the praying elephant in the room is that this religious movement is the perfect cover for the sort of wickedness outlined in court records describing the crime.
As U.S.-born and naturalized citizens, Latinos will play a large role in America’s future. Republicans need not fear this. Indeed, they would be wise to find new ways to appeal this voting bloc. It’s a matter of respect.
All the city of Overland Park seeks to do is ensure that while being in compliance with Kansas laws on open carry, public safety is taken into consideration. The problem is, they keep running into ridiculous inconsistencies in state law.
Perrin Jones was a small-town newspaper man in the vein of William Allen White — savvy, influential and politically connected. He died at 80 last Friday, at home in Arkansas, one day after filling out an absentee ballot for Barack Obama.
There will always be pedophiles seeking access to children. Many are calculating, manipulative people, able to circumvent new policies and protections. Organizations that serve children need to be a step ahead.
The Center City Neighborhood is an inventive, 12-square block neighborhood of about 100 homes, including new, young families. Half of a city block between Tracy and Forest Avenues at about 33rd Street is an orchard. Well, it has saplings with fruitful intentions.
Philosophical divides were dramatically on display at a rally for Todd Akin at Union Station. Problem is, some issues — like wombs that hold babies — require both sides to be very informed, able and willing to have civil discussion.
If women are such a coveted voting demographic, why are so many male politicians hell bent on offending us?
