John Beaudoin is publisher of the Lee's Summit Journal.
Like any election, a good politician is going to be armed with thoughtful, strategic sound bites.
Jeff Grisamore, Guest Columnist
Jeff Grisamore is a guest columnist for the Journal.
Last Saturday afternoon, I attended the Kansas City regional competition for FIRST Robotics at Hale Arena.
Emily Jarrett is a staff writer for the Journal.
Off the record, my grandma makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world.
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Voting from overseas is not an easy task, much less from a combat zone such as Iraq or Afghanistan, where over 1,100 Missourians are currently serving.
What drives them to run, again
Some would-be politicians are one-and-done – they run, they get beat and we never see them again.
Pizza, pizza!
I am a pizza lover. I know a lot of people say it’s their favorite food. But pizza is really and truly my favorite food. I could honestly eat pizza for every meal if I knew it wouldn’t adversely affect my health.
Honesty is the character trait for the month of March.
Diogenes of Sinope was said to have walked through the streets of Athens carrying a lamp in the daytime, claiming to be looking for an honest man.
The residency shuffle
Here’s the news: Dusty Dahmer says he wanted to run for office and was going to do it no matter where he lived.
Dog days
I am not a dog person.
You never forget that word
Spelling bees are a pretty important part of grade school. Take it from the guy that took second.
We may be young, but we’re not indifferent
Off the record, I had a very interesting conversation this week.
The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District has a long history of emphasizing good stewardship of its financial and facility resources through a variety of creative and innovative efforts.
All height, no hype
Off the record, I don’t have any athletic ability whatsoever.
Little noticed, unless you didn’t get your mail Monday, was a federal holiday, now called “President’s Day.”
We are all feeling the pressure of Valentine’s Day coming up. Single, married, dating, divorced or just-dumped, the weight of this holiday hangs on all of us.
Cooperation - the root of our character
If our character is, “who we are when no one else is looking,” then it seems that it must begin with an attitude from within, and as such, cooperation becomes the root of our character.
Absolutely no political group can invoke what the founding fathers intended as often as the Republican party. And the great irony is Republicans have done a disservice to this country ever since President Obama was elected.
Vegas night
I’ve never been to Las Vegas. Ever. I know that may surprise some people, not because I am a big gambler or anything, but Vegas just seems like a place I need to visit at least once.
The people of Massachusetts have spoken through a vote for United States Senator, replacing a life-long advocate of universal healthcare with someone opposed to the current federal healthcare legislation.
Dan Hall, Guest Columnist
“Isn’t it true that when you gaze into God’s creation, you realize how insignificant your problems are? You realize how small we are in the vast scheme of things,” according to James Pruch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 19, 2007.
