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TODAY'S EDITORIALS
The world comes to Kansas City this week
Jun 1, 8:24 PM
International diplomacy is on full display in Kansas City’s Bartle Hall this week, as more than 7,000 educators and others from at least 120 nations seek to diversify their campuses. Multimedia University in Malaysia is seeking partners for student exchanges with U.S. universities. Meiji Gakuin University in Japan wants to firm up ties with its 26 U.S. partners. Schools in Missouri and Kansas are eager for opportunities to recruit students from abroad.
Sales tax hike deserves 'yes'
Jun 1, 11:10 PMGladstone officials offer persuasive reasons for voters to approve a public safety package Tuesday. The Star recommends a “yes” vote on a permanent quarter-cent sales tax increase that would raise $700,000 a year. The tax rate for the city of 28,000 north of the Missouri River would rise to 7.6 percent, still lower than most area suburbs.
- Racial profiling statistics going the wrong direction in Missouri
- Women disappearing as top political leaders in KC area
- Palin becomes a pain to the GOP in Alaska
- U.N. report: United States is abusing the memory of Sept. 11 to carry out illegal killings
- New study: Human trafficking continues to grow
McCLATCHY CARTOONS
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Independent Thoughts
Obama owes Bush an apology
On President Barack Obama's response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, The Star's Jason Whitlock writes, "I’d love to see Obama acknowledge that the vitriol lobbed at President Bush in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was over the top. Every presidential misstep is not evidence of evilness, a lack of compassion or incompetence. Sometimes it’s simply an indication of the difficulty of the job."
TODAY'S COLUMNS
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. More than a decade ago, Wakefield authored a research paper published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet that sought to establish a connection between autism and the administration of the most common of childhood vaccines. In February, the Lancet retracted the paper, and last week British medical authorities revoked Wakefield’s license to practice, having found him guilty of numerous ethical violations in his research.
Previous Columns- As I See It: Annette Bloch on dealing with cancer 06/01/2010 08:29 CDT
- Free speech even applies to Phelps 06/01/2010 08:29 CDT
- Obama owes Bush an apology 06/01/2010 03:42 CDT By JASON WHITLOCK, The Kansas City Star
- Health care reform promises us better days for America’s future 05/31/2010 10:13 CDT By KATHLEEN SEBELIUS,
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
AS I SEE IT
The Star welcomes essays of up to 600 words. An essay and a color photo of the writer should be sent to As I See It, The Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108 or by e-mail to oped@kcstar.com. All submissions are edited, may be republished in any format and become property of The Star. Please include your name, address and daytime phone number.- As I See It: Annette Bloch on dealing with cancer Jun 1, 8:29 PM
- Health care reform promises us better days for America’s future May 31, 10:13 PM
- Kansas City women must unite to combat poverty worldwide Jun 1, 11:35 AM
- National debt commission should dismiss the value-added tax May 25, 8:59 PM
- Dairy co-ops help farmers to remain independent, efficient May 23, 7:46 PM
MORE VIEWS
- For less mess, we should have drilled in Alaska 05/31/2010 10:11 CDT By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, Washington Post
- Border troops to protect D.C. jobs 05/31/2010 10:11 CDT
- The bad news: We rely on politicians 05/31/2010 10:12 CDT
- Rain-barrel gardening is one part Mother Nature, one part determination 05/30/2010 07:59 CDT By LEWIS W. DIUGUID, The Kansas City Star
- Kansas City women must unite to combat poverty worldwide 06/01/2010 11:35 CDT
- A catchphrase for the Republican Party: 'We learned our lesson' 05/30/2010 07:58 CDT By KATHLEEN PARKER, Washington Post Writers Group
- What Others Are Saying | Don’t repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ before study; déjà vu all over again on the border 05/30/2010 07:50 CDT
- Immigrants are the lifeblood of the United States 05/29/2010 09:14 CDT By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD, The Kansas City Star
- 'Cowtown' label adds to Kansas City's 'self-esteem issue' 05/29/2010 09:12 CDT By DEREK DONOVAN, The Kansas City Star
- Yael T. Abouhalkah
- Derek Donovan
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- Barbara Shelly
THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD
- Miriam Pepper, editorial page editor
mpepper@kcstar.com
- Yael Abouhalkah abouhalkah@kcstar.com
- Tom McClanahan mcclanahan@kcstar.com
- Barbara Shelly bshelly@kcstar.com
- Lewis W. Diuguid ldiuguid@kcstar.com
- Matt Schofield mschofield@kcstar.com
- Mark Zieman, publisher mzieman@kcstar.com
- Danette Gamble
- Dean Hubbard
- Larry Jackson
- Maggie Jackson
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Ryan
