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Mary Sanchez

School political lessons should focus on citizenship, not candidates

By MARY SANCHEZ

The Kansas City Star

For today’s eighth-graders, barely in their teens and years away from casting a ballot, this presidential election probably won’t be the most important of their lifetimes.

Mike Hendricks

Light rail would keep KC working

By MIKE HENDRICKS

The Kansas City Star

Most of the arguments made against Kansas City’s light-rail plan are easily knocked down. For instance, there’s the complaint that at $815 million it’s far too expensive.

COMMUNITY FACES


This smiling couple turned out as Dominican cigarmaker and jazz pianist Avo Uvezia performed with a jazz quartet Saturday at Outlaw Cigar Company's monthly cigar party. More photos from this and other events in the Kansas City area can be found at Community Faces, our online scrapbook of people having fun. Watch for our photographers around town, and you might see your face here.

Steve Penn

Voter registration numbers are a good sign for democracy

By STEVE PENN

The Kansas City Star

Almost a quarter of a million people. That’s how many voters are on the rolls, eligible to go to the polls for next month’s presidential election in the area overseen by the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners.

Steve Kraske

Let’s jerk debates into relevance

By STEVE KRASKE

The Kansas City Star

You know what these presidential debates need? A jerk. Depending on your outlook, you may think we already have one in either Barack Obama or John McCain.

C.W. Gusewelle

Media’s campaign coverage goes from biased to balanced

By C.W. GUSEWELLE

The Kansas City Star

Former Sen. Phil Gramm, when speaking as co-chairman of the McCain campaign, called us a “nation of whiners.”

Good Connections

Guy’s a doll for knitting for women heart patients

By DEBRA SKODACK

The Kansas City Star

Chester Briggs helps others every night after dinner while sitting in the living room of his Kansas City, Kan., home.

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