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  • Business should get off fence on bond

    If Wichita's $370 million school bond election fails, opponents won't deserve credit for making the case that more schools and better facilities for arts, athletics and technical education are unneeded extravagances. They aren't.

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Brent Castillo

Falling stocks aren't what really matters

The recent decline in our financial markets reminds us that our future is never fully secure. Many Americans have lost their homes; many, many more have lost thousands of dollars on plummeting investments.

Davis Merritt

Palin lacks intellect for national office

Many Americans apparently believe the nation saw the real Sarah Palin last week and, by gosh, she is just like us. Which means she's no more qualified to be a national and world leader than you or I, or almost anyone we know or come in contact with. It boils down to intellect, one of the most important requirements for effective world leadership. The next two on the list are intellect and intellect, followed by everything else.

Bailout Blues

Listen to Eagle food writer Joe Stumpe sing about the Wall Street bailout blues.


Richard Crowson looks back on 21 years as The Eagle's editorial cartoonist. He's chosen some of his favorite work: GALLERY 1 | GALLERY 2
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