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• David Johnson | Downtowners are leading the way on transit

  May 19, 12:17 AM
  

  It’s not unusual for a small group to be the catalyst for something bigger than themselves. That’s what downtown residents are about to embrace.

• The courage to become an artist

  May 16, 8:16 PM
  

  Sitting in a darkened auditorium at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a blazing August morning back in 2008, I listened, enchanted by the speaker at the podium, whose words etched themselves in my memory. The occasion was new-student orientation, and my son, about to begin his freshman year, sat next to me, doodling in his program.

• Food aid to Africa displays a commitment to those in need

  May 8, 6:13 PM
  

  “As Americans, we have an enduring commitment to responding to crises and helping those in need,” writes Nancy Lindborg, an assistant administrator for USAID. “For the last 50 years, millions of people around the world have been nourished by bags of food from the American people during their toughest times. As crises continue, we will continue to respond.”

• All pay for untreated mental illness

  May 8, 6:00 PM
  

  With one in 10 adults suffering from a serious mental illness in any given year, mental illness touches many families in our region. Although these illnesses can be effectively treated, sadly many cases are untreated.

• Saving money on medical equipment through competitive bidding

  May 1, 2:49 PM
  

  For years, it didn’t make sense: Medicare paid sky-high prices for basic equipment like wheelchairs and walkers. Consider the case of Alan Siegel from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported, Alan discovered that Medicare would pay $800 to rent a wheelchair he could have purchased for $350.

• A crisis of leadership today

  Apr 24, 7:32 PM
  

  “We have a crisis of an EF-5 proportion in our country,” writes C.J. Huff, the superintendent of schools in Joplin, Mo. “It is a crisis of leadership. Our strength in character as a nation is dependent upon elected officials at the local, state, and federal level to put personal agendas and political career goals aside and do what is best and what is right for our communities, our state and our country.”

• Kansas refundable earned income tax credit helps families rise above poverty

  Apr 24, 7:41 PM
  

  President Ronald Reagan called the earned income tax credit (EITC) “the best anti-poverty, the best pro-family, the best job creation measure to come out of Congress.”

• E15 ethanol is a viable alternative to regular gas

  Apr 17, 7:36 PM
  

  “Today’s ethanol industry probably doesn’t look anything like most people imagine,” Richard Childress, the owner of a NASCAR racing team, writes in support of E15 ethanol as an alternative fuel. “It’s not a guy in a seed cap with a pot-still in the machine shed. Those days are long gone.”

• Sly James and Mike Sanders | To be all-stars, welcome all fans

  Apr 12, 6:46 PM
  

  Kansas City and Jackson County are on deck. When the final out was recorded at last year’s Major League Baseball All Star Game in Phoenix, the torch was officially passed to our community for this year’s Mid-Summer Classic.

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