- Influence of ‘most influential’ is questioned
- May 11, 2008
- Time magazine has published another one of those silly and meaningless lists some in the media occasionally and irritatingly compile to validate their self-importance. It is the 100 “most influential people in the world.” I didn’t make it, but then I don’t make other lists like People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” which must be an oversight.
- Patriotism flap not a replay of ‘88
- May 11, 2008
- Some people think they have seen this campaign movie before. The one with the big fuss about the flag. The one with the attacks on a man’s patriotism. The one where the candidate who was being attacked didn’t fight back. The one where the prey was a cerebral guy with an outspoken wife.
- Mother also shaped Obama’s values
- May 11, 2008
- From time to time during this primary, I’ve wondered about Obama’s mama. In a race that was so much about biography, about beliefs rooted in her son’s “DNA,” she’s made only cameo appearances.
- Energy efforts
- After a legislative session that produced far more heat than light on energy issues, Kansas needs to step back and take a less political approach to its energy future.
- May 11, 2008
- Now is the time for Kansas to get serious about its energy future. Although the 2008 session of the Kansas Legislature was dominated by discussion of two power plants in southwest Kansas, the session produced almost no progress toward a comprehensive energy strategy for the state.
- Long campaign still hurting Obama
- May 11, 2008
- Three days after last Tuesday’s primaries seemingly tilted the Democratic presidential nomination decisively toward Barack Obama, the surprising fact was that almost half the party’s senators had not announced a choice between him and Hillary Clinton. Twenty-one of the 49 Democratic senators were publicly silent as the last six primaries approached.
- Analysis: ‘Hillary Dems’ could be up for grabs
- May 10, 2008
- With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over “Hillary Democrats” — the white, working-class voters who favored the former first lady over Obama’s historic candidacy.
- Mississippi district may be test for GOP
- May 10, 2008
- The 1st Congressional District, the northernmost in the most culturally Southern state, has given the nation William Faulkner and Elvis Presley, and next Tuesday will have a special congressional election that will test the Republican hope that Barack Obama and his former pastor can be the basis of a Republican strategy to nationalize congressional races to the disadvantage of Democrats.
- Simons: Defining chamber’s mission is first step in CEO search
- May 10, 2008
- The past few days, a number of Lawrence residents have visited with representatives of a company called Waverly Partners LLC, which has been hired by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce to provide names of individuals to be considered as the chamber’s new president and CEO.
- Sick and tired
- A boost in airline penalties for overbooking flights is welcome, if the companies don’t dodge the responsibility.
- May 10, 2008
- The news could not come soon enough for thousands of frustrated and inconvenienced airline patrons. The Transportation Department is doubling the compensation requirements for passengers who involuntarily get bumped off overbooked flights.
- Demographics threaten Jewish state
- May 10, 2008
- When Israel’s independence was proclaimed in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, as leaders of the nascent state sang “Hatikva” (Hope), few could have imagined the vibrant state that exists today.
- Americans may not be so free after all
- May 9, 2008
- I’d like to think it was the sangria talking. But the plain truth is, when Anna said she doesn’t find this country to be especially free, it was Anna talking. Granted, her complaint is hardly new. People often grouse about the lack of freedom in the land of the free.
- Clinton’s spin won’t change numbers
- May 9, 2008
- Hillary Clinton, 60, Illinois native and Arkansas lawyer, became, retroactively, a lifelong Yankee fan at age 52 when, shopping for a U.S. Senate seat, she adopted New York state as home sweet home.
- Siren call
- Sounding the county’s tornado sirens too often could lessen their usefulness.
- May 9, 2008
- With the devastation of the tornado that struck Greensburg last year still fresh in their minds, it’s not surprising that local residents have a heightened concern about tornados and tornado warnings.
- There’s no one like Mom
- May 9, 2008
- The last time I witnessed a woman becoming a mother, it wasn’t anything like the frilly sentiments of Mother’s Day. She lay on her back, perspiring heavily and yelling, “Oh my God, why did you do this to me?
- Democratic race has gone on too long
- May 8, 2008
- The endless Democratic presidential campaign has lurched from irrelevance to trivia, triggering a near-universal call to bring it to a halt.
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