Jeff Fox: Make the effort to keep human connections
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Bob Buckley: TV play highlights another attack on free speech, journalism
On June 7, my wife and I were witness to a landmark broadcast of a Broadway play, “Good Night and Good Luck,” a play starring George Clooney about Edward R. Murrow’s broadcast challenge to the “junior senator from Wisconsin,” Joseph McCarthy.
Commentary: Americans want to rein in presidential power
President Donald Trump has been attempting to expand presidential power more than any president in recent history, in large part by asserting powers that have been held by Congress, including federal funding and tariffs.
Other Voices: Tax changes in Senate bill are a mixed bag
As is its right and duty, the U.S. Senate now has messed with the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful,” tax-and-spending bill that just squeaked through the House.
Commentary: Republicans are (almost) ready for maximum pressure on Russia
The epiphany of common sense came late in an otherwise tedious congressional subcommittee hearing, and from a Democrat, Representative Jim Costa. He gets that Republicans and the administration of Donald Trump take pride in exerting “maximum pressure” on Iran, Costa made clear.
Commentary: How KC stadium funding clears state constitutional hurdles
If Missouri lawmakers would provide the proper incentives, the promoters said, their project would vastly strengthen the economy of the state and enhance its national image as a place to do business.
Phil Hanson Area high school students give back to their community
Like for many of you, it’s been graduation season at the Truman Heartland Community Foundation. On May 15, we had our annual graduation picnic for our Youth Advisory Council.
Ken Garten: There’s a reason why few do owner financing
For a seller of a major asset, be it a home, a business, or even a motor vehicle, the recommended way to go is to get paid the purchase price in full at the time of the transaction.
Other Voices: Republicans may find they need to get behind the ACA
House Republicans’ reconciliation bill seeks to pay for $5 trillion of tax cuts by slashing health-care spending, potentially leaving millions of Americans uninsured. The job of averting this self-inflicted disaster now falls to the Senate.
Commentar: Shootings reflect culture of violence, which president cheers
On May 21, as they left the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, Yaron Lischinsky and Overland Park native Sarah Milgrim were fatally shot, and because they were employees of the Israeli Embassy and the suspect was associated with pro-Palestinian politics, the story was reported in the familiar mode of Middle East politics. The questions that reporters and pundits have been asking are: “Was this antisemitic?” “Was this killing a direct result of Israel’s starving of Palestinians in Gaza?” “Was this another act of pro-Palestinian terrorism?” “Is this the direct result of ‘globalizing the intifada’?” While these are valid questions, they miss a central part of the story.