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The iconic symbols of freedom, prosperity and hope are the American soldier, sailor, airman and Marine.
The Kansas City School District is in full turnaround mode, as well it should be. The district has been failing its children. Educational achievement is unacceptably poor.
We read with concern the article “Angioplasty: Change of Heart” (11/16) by Alan Bavley. Rather than indicting the field of interventional cardiology, it would be refreshing to see The Star publish an article on the remarkable evolution of angioplasty and stent techniques, and the countless lives that have benefited from these procedures.
Judging from recent news, this holiday season looks to be anything but “the most wonderful time of the year.”
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, which marks the 30th year of this designation.
Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be a top priority of the incoming U.S. administration.
For the past two months, Americans have watched the federal government bail out the financial industry and wondered whether families would really benefit.
The Kansas City area, and especially Johnson County, has historically had among the country’s lowest rates of mass transit usage. Recent fuel prices and a shift in environmental attitudes, however, have turned half-empty buses into standing-room-only on many routes.
A recent letter by state Sen. Chris Steineger of Kansas and an editorial in The Star regarding the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities failed to recognize that over the past two years the governing board and the new general manager have identified several problems and implemented many changes to tighten oversight and improve fiscal responsibility.
