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?
As often happens when violence flares in Iraq, the recent fighting in Basra prompted media accounts that were almost diametrically opposed.
I’m still digesting Barack Obama’s recent interview with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo.
Geraldine Ferraro sure stepped on a political land mine the other day. Barack Obama, she said, wouldn’t be where he is today if he hadn’t been black.
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.
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.
So, what might a John McCain presidency look like? As improbable as this prospect seemed six months ago, it could happen.
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.
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.
In last year’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.
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.
By now, Mark Funkhouser and his wife, Gloria Squitiro, are probably wondering how it got this crazy.
Where are the animals? That’s a frequent complaint about the Kansas City Zoo, and a valid one.
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 — twice the quantity for less than two dollars.
In politics, a few months is an eternity, as they say. The dramatic turnabout in Iraq is a classic illustration.
Supporters of a Missouri constitutional amendment are crying foul over the latest ballot summary by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.
