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Removing shame from mental illness

Dec 11, 7:18 PM

Jenni Simcoe of Overland Park writes that in the aftermath of the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide, “many still don’t understand that depression or other forms of mental illness are not something to be ashamed of. It’s just like any other medical condition that requires treatment.”

‘Fiscal cliff’ cuts would hurt higher education

Dec 4, 6:27 PM

“The best way to solve our long-term debt challenge is by creating an economy that has both the educated workers and new discoveries that lead to sustained growth,” write Brady Deaton, chancellor of the University of Missouri and Bernadette Gray-Little, chancellor of the University of Kansas. “Universities can help but not if our students and our researchers are hit with federal spending cuts that are preventable.”

Keep merit-based judicial selection in Kansas

Dec 3, 9:49 PM

“In early January, there’s a good chance that the Kansas Legislature will consider a proposal to scrap the merit-selection system that has been used to select Kansas appellate judges since 1958,” writes Steve Leben, a member of the Kansas Court of Appeals. “Altering the way judges are selected is an important change, so it’s crucial to ask: Why do it?”

Downgrading Western Civilization course a self-inflicted wound for KU

Nov 27, 7:01 PM

“Like the Jayhawk mascot and Rock Chalk chant, the Western Civilization program has been a hallmark of undergraduate life at the University of Kansas for generations,” KU alumnus David S. Awbrey writes. “But in the academic equivalent of vandalizing Allen Fieldhouse, the university plans to downgrade the ‘great books’ course that exposes KU students to the central ideas of Western culture.”

Taking Kansas City from humble to hot spot

Nov 18, 5:23 PM

“As a region, we are recognized among the best in the country at marketing the business case,” writes Bob Marcusse, the president and CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council. “… Kansas City has it all. In order to win today, we also have to make the best lifestyle case.”

Too many cases, too few public defenders in Missouri

Nov 13, 6:12 PM

“The caseload challenges faced by Missouri’s public defenders have been well-documented by a variety of organizations,” writes Cat Kelly, the director of the Missouri State Public Defender System. “… Each of these found that our state’s public defender system has too many cases and too few lawyers.”

The honor of the last formation

Nov 11, 5:16 PM

“Regardless of when or where they served, make no mistake that every veteran has sacrificed in cutting a path to the country’s future,” Army Lt. Col. Zoltan Krompecher for Veterans Day. “And so it is that we in uniform honor them to the very end.”

A time to remember homeless veterans

Nov 6, 7:08 PM

One year after writing about the issue of homeless veterans, Bob Sommer, a former Midwest Voices columnist, provides an update. “We’ve received many dozens of notes from veterans sharing stories about their families and children. We’ve heard from veterans of the Vietnam and Gulf War eras, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Presidential libraries hold lessons for all of us

Nov 4, 5:47 PM

“Soon we will know who will be our nation’s leader for the next four years,” writes the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, the president of Rockhurst University. “The 12 presidential libraries … can teach all of us six lessons in leadership.”

Fixing Missouri’s broken public defender system

Nov 3, 6:24 PM

Missouri’s current public defender system is broken. It’s not broken because there is “constitutional crisis” created by too large a caseload for public defenders. No, the independent audit released earlier this month by the Missouri auditor shattered that myth.

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