Mary Sanchez
Fear of immunization symptom of wider crisis
The controversy surrounding British medical researcher Andrew Wakefield is an instructive one for this era of information overload.
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Slain man's legacy is already in place
May 31, 12:21 AMAll politics is local, so the adage goes. And political efforts to memorialize Gurpreet “Tony” Singh are personal for his friends as well.
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Opposing Fred Phelps honors U.S. soldiers
May 27, 12:47 AMThe least that states can do is stand firmly against Fred Phelps’ message and yet honor the liberties the soldiers died defending, the constitutional right of a person to be so repugnant.
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France shows how not to integrate immigrants
May 28, 1:07 PMI am, generally speaking, an admirer of all things French. My father was a chef specializing in French cuisine, so I grew up with an appreciation for coq au vin and complicated reduction sauces. I’ve long fantasized about visiting Paris, the haunts of Josephine Baker and Colette, the haute couture, the rich culture and history.
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Calling all chefs to the school food lines
May 24, 12:47 AMConsider this a call to local chefs. It’s a plea for local culinary talent to consider contributing their considerable knowledge of food preparation to school cafeterias, a la Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution..
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Protests could block American DREAM
May 20, 12:13 AMSen. John McCain once supported the DREAM Act. Now he’s a poster child candidate for those cowering in fear of firebrand opponents who preach getting tough on immigration.
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What we can learn from the Golden Girl’s return
May 17, 10:02 PMOh, what Betty White can teach us all. Listen up. The self-effacing funny woman who wowed a record 12 million viewers on “Saturday Night Live” is less a throwback to the past than a portent of the future.
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Distrust shouldn't stall the sales of vacant KC homes
May 17, 12:48 AMIf Mayor Mark Funkhouser can design a process to find responsible buyers for vacant homes in Kansas City, he should hold another news conference. Every city in the nation will desire the magic prescription to restore struggling neighborhoods.
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Kansas filing in a Supreme Court case sends a message against the Phelps hate machine
May 13, 12:48 AMFrankly, a legal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court might be all that’s left for Kansas to do. An arduous path has been cut since the state inadvertently spawned Fred Phelps.
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Congress should follow baseball's lead on immigration
May 10, 8:22 PMBaseball matters in Arizona, where half of major-league teams hold spring training. Now Gov. Jan Brewer faces the looming threat of the 2011 All-Star Game pulling out of Phoenix because of the state's new immigration law.
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Don’t let Tour of Missouri ride off into the sunset
May 9, 11:05 PMWill someone please explain why Missouri is again poised to wave off a $30 million economic boom from an international-level sporting event? This saga is getting old.
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Challenge Kris Kobach's ideas, not the man
May 6, 12:42 AMPeople opposed to Kris Kobach's views should ask: Where can he do the least damage? I say keep him at the law school and out of the Kansas secretary of state’s job.
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Man behind immigration laws should see effects
May 3, 8:30 PMThe entrées were ordered, the wine poured. And Dan Stein, longtime president of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, was seated at the head of the u-shaped table. He is the affable wizard behind the curtain of many harsh immigration measures coming into vogue state by state.
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Teen understands the Palin mystique
May 3, 6:57 AMMatt Caffey thought hanging with the media might get him closer to Sarah Palin at the Independence Events Center. The 14-year-old avowed liberal’s mission was simple: Get close enought to Palin for a photo for his screen saver. What an opportunity for a collector of things political, among other things.
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The case of two Crystals deepens
Apr 29, 12:49 AMDespite a public image that politics are running cleaner than in yesteryears, the bag of old dirty tricks apparently still holds allure to somebody. And this little number was worn to the nub long ago.
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McCain needs to provide real leadership of old on immigration
Apr 27, 1:07 AMArizona has never needed Sen. John McCain more — the “maverick” version of years gone by, that is. The man who understood the inherent evil of demonizing groups of people. The McCain who stood up to strident voices, understanding that fearful, reactionary sentiments must never be codified into punitive laws.
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Preventing violence isn’t so convenient
Apr 25, 10:48 PMSome words are always uttered with news of a murder: “Tragic.” “Senseless.” Both were heard after the March death of Gurpreet “Tony” Singh, shot after he cooperated with a robber at the south Kansas City convenience store where he worked.
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Rosedale is fertile for urban gardening
Apr 22, 12:06 AMKansas City’s council members might want to peer westward as they hash out ordinance changes making it easier for urban gardeners to share their bounty.
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Wanted: A calm, credible voice to soothe Americans’ fear of Islam
Apr 13, 12:54 AMHere’s a job posting worthy of only the most stellar applicants. In fact, only those rare individuals with near-superhuman powers to untangle the crossed circuitry in the American mind need apply.
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Making informed decisions about end of life
Apr 11, 10:42 PMMy mother lay in the hospital bed, fingering the most brightly colored of her many medical wrist bands. They confirmed her name, her birth, her allergies. She leaned toward me, holding the band stamped DNR closer toward my face.
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Getting past the past on liquor controls
Apr 8, 6:50 AMOn Wednesday, a City Council committee listened attentively as the head of liquor control outlined proposals to ease the prison-gate-to-graveyard-gate implications of a ban on felons serving alcohol.
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Court rulings won't stop Phelps' antics
Apr 6, 9:15 PMThere’s not a lot of common ground between Michelle Malkin and Bill O’Reilly and me, but here is something we all agree on: The antics of the Westboro Baptist Church have offended far too many grieving families, and the man who is trying to stop them in federal court deserves our support. By now you’ve probably had your fill of this loony church led by the Rev. Fred Phelps. Hailing from Topeka, they travel the country to picket funerals with signs proclaiming, “God hates fags” and “Thank God for dead troops.”
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Too many polling places elect out
Apr 5, 12:41 AMHere’s a new twist to our less than stellar examples of democracy: a reluctance of sites to be considered as polling places. Come Tuesday’s election, voters who do take up their civic duty will go to far fewer sites to cast their ballots.
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Candidates, you may find it pays to RSVP
Mar 31, 11:23 PMDear Emily Post, Your rules of etiquette have gone unheeded lately in Kansas City, where we are seeing the most active campaigning in years for our board of education seats.
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Opera on girls’ aggression returns to the stage
Mar 28, 11:37 PMThoreau asserted that most people lead lives of quiet desperation. Equally true is that many achieve importance by what they do for others, as their good deeds fan out and reach people they don’t know personally.
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Fighting crime and learning lessons
Mar 25, 12:55 AMIt’s a shame that Ad Hoc Group Against Crime, which for so long has preached the right message about violence as a public health issue, is now coming up short on funds to continue the work.
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Enquiring minds wanted to know about Edwards' scandal
Mar 22, 8:34 PMIt’s a pity to say, but the reporters who worked on one of the most explosive journalistic investigations this year don’t have a ghost of a chance for recognition by the Pulitzer Prize committee. Why? Because they work for the National Enquirer. P
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National standards can help put education first
Mar 21, 12:11 AMTexas Gov. Rick Perry has some bad news for the Vatican. Archbishop Oscar Romero, the influential cleric infamously assassinated by a right-wing death squad, a man who made a valiant stand for human rights during El Salvador’s U.S.-backed civil war, just wasn’t a big enough deal to be included in Texas’ social studies curriculum.
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'Second Chance' center could prevent more red Jeep moments
Mar 11, 1:25 AMRaise your hand if you were riveted to the red Jeep this week, glued to the tube as it raced over lawns, crashed through fences, police in hot pursuit. My hand is up.
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Michelle Obama takes on the battle of the bulge, 2010
Mar 8, 8:53 PMWhile her husband wages a David vs. Goliath battle to achieve sensible health care reform, Michelle Obama faces an equally daunting adversary — our fat, a tendency toward inactivity, our love of sugar highs and carbo-overload lows, along with the industries and mentalities that keep our love handles in place.
