http://www.kansascity.com/309/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Letters to the Editor 60 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:28:03 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/contact_us/story/185579.html http://www.kansascity.com/contact_us/story/185579.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:13 CDT The newspaper welcomes readers' opinions in letters to the editor, Voices, As I See It columns and op-ed submissions. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/691423.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/691423.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41 CDT Citizens, community groups and the federal court have played a dominant role in shaping today’s Kansas City School District. Barbara Shelly’s column (6/20, Opinion, “KC School District requires heroic efforts”) suggesting that community involvement is the district’s best hope for reforming the district is the same old failed policy of the past. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/690082.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/690082.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:34 CDT While Sens. Clinton and Obama addressed the nation this week to present a unified party, wasn’t it interesting to see Obama sit during Clinton’s remarks while Clinton, an experienced leader and lady, stood attentively during his entire remarks, revealing Obama’s carelessness and inexperience as a leader. Hot air and rhetoric with minimal substance will not suffice. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/690021.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/690021.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:34 CDT Fifty-eight years ago, June 24, 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson called President Truman at his home in Independence to alert him to the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. Because details were sketchy, Acheson advised the president to delay his return to Washington until the next day. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/687922.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/687922.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:20 CDT I see once again our Constitution is under attack in the form of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 2008, and the assault goes underreported by our “free press” and unnoticed by the public (6/20, A-2, “Wiretapping bill rewritten”). Sen. Kit Bond has led the charge with his compromise legislation that would vastly expand the Bush administration’s powers to spy on the American people while at the same time granting immunity to the telecommunications... http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/686124.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/686124.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01 CDT The inaction of the Bush Administration and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in addressing the problem of rapidly expanding inflation in this country and the weak dollar reminds me of what Herbert Hoover told the nation as it descended into the Great Depression of the ’30s: “Prosperity is just around the corner.” http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/684666.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/684666.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:57 CDT The light-rail debate has gone on too long. Jump-starting construction of the Kansas City portion of Mayor Funkhouser’s proposed multi-city rail service is merely a sneaky way to give Clay Chastain his dream. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/684668.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/684668.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:57 CDT If the mayor and City Council believe that local patrons and tourists will be willing to go to the Power & Light District and mingle with people looking like gang members or hillbillies, they’re nuts. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/683545.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/683545.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:14 CDT Arthur Benson II labeled The Kansas City School District’s $449,000,000 budget a “placeholder” (6/26, Local, “Teachers call for more talks; KC School District contract talks must go on despite threatened deadline, they say”). http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/683546.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/683546.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:14 CDT After seeing the front page picture about bus ridership (6/23, A-1, “It’s a traffic jam aboard buses”), I realize times really have changed. Not only are more people riding the bus, but not one of the three men seated in front got up to offer their seat to the female standing in the aisle. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/682622.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/682622.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:09 CDT Thank goodness for a dress code at the Power & Light District. And no, it’s not racial. Whites as well as African-Americans wear those long baggy pants, and I, for one, am glad that they’re taking a stand down there. We have a nice place to go and a place we can show out-of-towners. If two visitors from Tennessee can respect our dress code (6/20, A-1, “A dressing-down over dress code”), then why can’t locals? http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/682617.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/682617.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:09 CDT I understand Phill Kline was close to being sanctioned by the judge in the Kelsey Smith trial for not turning over evidence to the defense (6/18, Local, “Defense pursues evidence in Kelsey Smith murder; No sanction imposed for delay, but Phill Kline’s pace frustrates judge, Edwin Hall’s attorneys”). http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/681259.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/681259.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:01 CDT Ed Robertson (6/23, Letters) writes that if John McCain had reversed his position on the use of public funds as Barack Obama did, The Star would have used the term “flipped-flopped” to describe his actions. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/681261.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/681261.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:01 CDT I just wanted to call and applaud your Guantanamo series (6/15-17, A-1). This is one of the best pieces of investigative journalism I’ve seen in years. It shined a light on one of the darkest hours in our history. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/679437.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/679437.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:19 CDT I was just wondering if Tim Russert was going to have George Carlin on “Meet the Press” this Sunday. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/679439.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/679439.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:19 CDT Barack Obama says Washington is run by politicians and he wants to “change” the country and help working folk. He says he knows how to do it. But who is he? http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/677792.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/677792.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:12 CDT Why the big fuss over the dress code in the Power & Light District? More power to them! Is it a crime nowadays to look decent? http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/677791.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/677791.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:12 CDT It is funny how the great minds of our city government work. We voted in a light rail plan, but city officials, in their wisdom, turned it down. Mayor Funkhouser brought in representatives from Denver who told us to start with a starter line, so he came out with a grand plan for three counties that is going nowhere fast. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/675966.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/675966.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:14 CDT I have seen plenty of trendily yet tastefully dressed young people of all races at the Power & Light District, and have witnessed very few problems. This is not a coincidence. It is all thanks to the enforcement of age and dress codes by the Cordish Co. (6/20, A-1, “A dressing-down over dress code; As complaints mount, council members want answers from Cordish Co., which denies bias”). http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/674862.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/674862.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:32 CDT Laurie Callan of Overland Park (Letters, 6/19) knows nothing about military families. The military family has always been under pressure because of separations, but the military families are not now disintegrating because of the Iraq war. http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/674860.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/674860.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:32 CDT Heard it before: Has anybody noticed that Sen. Obama has only been repeating speeches and comments made by other leaders and activists of the past? Doesn’t he have any of his own? http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/692424.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/692424.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:31 CDT National monuments are maintained by the U.S. government. While we have the only national World War I museum at Liberty Memorial in this country, why must we rely on donations alone to keep the flame burning? http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/692423.html http://www.kansascity.com/309/story/692423.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:31 CDT Thank you for Stacy Downs’ fascinating profile of Gloria Squitiro, Kansas City’s first lady (7/1, A-1, “Defenders see sass; detractors say crass). I’m now convinced that she has a talent for friendships and is a compassionate person. Having known the mayor when he was the auditor, I can see how her warm and friendly personality helps counterbalance his gruff mannerisms.