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Diuguid 60 Sat, 26 May 2012 01:01:11 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/20/3617316/lets-have-an-all-out-streetcar.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/20/3617316/lets-have-an-all-out-streetcar.html#storylink=rss Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00 CDT In the 1950s and early 1960s my mother used to take my siblings and me for streetcar rides from our home to shop in downtown St. Louis. 70388 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/13/3606820/fiesty-city-neighborhood-holds.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/13/3606820/fiesty-city-neighborhood-holds.html#storylink=rss Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00 CDT The plan by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Greater Kansas City for the new Urban Neighborhood Initiative won't have to start from scratch. There are a lot of good developments and people in the urban core. It just needs more people and resources to make it grow. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/06/3593964/chambers-urban-initiative.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/06/3593964/chambers-urban-initiative.html#storylink=rss Sun, 06 May 2012 16:00 CDT Not long ago, some highway signs taunted motorists with the words: "If you lived here, you'd be home by now." That thought should be bolted along Bruce R. Watkins Drive and other commuter routes to help propel the new Urban Neighborhood Initiative. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/29/3581079/homelessness-remains-a-little.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/29/3581079/homelessness-remains-a-little.html#storylink=rss Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:00 CDT The nation has wrestled with the problem of homelessness for years. As the Reagan administration attacked the social safety net programs, homelessness grew. More needs to be done. The question to be faced is whether there is a will to do what's right. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/22/3566941/fight-cancer-with-checkups-second.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/22/3566941/fight-cancer-with-checkups-second.html#storylink=rss Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:00 CDT Hundreds of phone calls, letters and email have brought a lot of support since I underwent surgery a year ago to rid my body of prostate cancer. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/15/3552650/lewis-diuguid-a-vow-long-ago-to.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/15/3552650/lewis-diuguid-a-vow-long-ago-to.html#storylink=rss Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:00 CDT My mother was right in the 1980s, when she pleaded with me to write more about our wonderful black families and black men. The lie of blacks as suspect and not everyday Americans has to end. But it will only end if positive stories of black people become part of the American narrative. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/08/3540479/sweet-tooth-leads-to-pay-it-forward.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/08/3540479/sweet-tooth-leads-to-pay-it-forward.html#storylink=rss Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00 CDT As the young man handed his bill to the cashier with a credit card, I reached over his shoulder and grabbed his ticket, added mine to it and told the cashier that the family's dinner was on me. Gray hair enables old guys like me to get away with intruding in such a manner. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/01/3525254/our-town-built-the-best-and-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/01/3525254/our-town-built-the-best-and-in.html#storylink=rss Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:00 CDT We often are unkind when thinking of the effect people have had on the landscape of our time. Sure, we have seen pastures, prairies and farmland littered with uninspiring and unattractive housing, businesses and fast-food joints that seem to repeat as travelers move from one suburban town to another. But generations in the future clearly will be awed by what we've accomplished. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/25/3509262/winning-virtues-sustain-printer.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/25/3509262/winning-virtues-sustain-printer.html#storylink=rss Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:00 CDT On May 4, 2003, a tornado ripped away Martin Bass' family home of 23 years as it tore a swath through western Wyandotte County. The Bass family became homeless because they had no insurance. His printing business kept him going and helped him get back on his feet. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/18/3495633/a-house-of-worship-meant-to-serve.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/18/3495633/a-house-of-worship-meant-to-serve.html#storylink=rss Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:00 CDT Like any house of worship, the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City's mosque at 141 Van Brunt Blvd. is a landmark meant to stay and serve the community. As the population of the beautifully diverse Northeast area grows, so will the mosque radiating goodwill to the neighborhood. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/11/3480229/accreditation-isnt-out.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/11/3480229/accreditation-isnt-out.html#storylink=rss Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:00 CDT The Missouri General Assembly needs to keep parents and children in mind as it decides the Kansas City school district's future. 70389 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/04/3465785/nations-racial-disparities-are.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/04/3465785/nations-racial-disparities-are.html#storylink=rss Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:00 CST Because of this country's racist past, the future for people of color, and the United States overall, doesn't look too promising. 70389