Showing posts with label Laura Bauer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laura Bauer. Show all posts
Friday, July 30, 2010
Humor today---from The Kansas City Star
So I started reading the paper today, as I always do, like most people I suspect, on page A1 and went back from there. Unremarkable, right? Then I get to page A4 and see a prominent column by Mike Hendricks called "Public's Prying Is Out of Line", saying we basically have no right, really, to know what happened to Larry Schnackenberg after first his disappearance and now his reappearance in the area. And I don't disagree, per se, with the exception of the public details, having to do with the police searching for Mr. S., and so on. Let him and his family have their privacy--what do I care? But then---and here comes the humor, for me--you keeping turning the pages and 2 flips of paper later, back on page A8 is a nice, big, again, prominent story 6 COLUMNS WIDE, giving all the details the Star has about Mr. Schnackengerg's dis- and re-appearance. I mean, man, is that good? It cracked me up. Thank you, Kansas City Star. It's great to start the day with a good, hearty laugh.
Have a great weekend, y'all.
Link to original posts:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/29/2117060/we-the-public-arent-owed-all-the.html
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/29/2115918/missing-mans-family-thrilled-hes.html
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Heartening Catholic news
It was great to see the article on the front page of the Star today, telling of our own, local National Catholic Reporter (NCR) newspaper and their work since the 1980's, for pity's sake, to get their church to "do the right thing" regarding the sexual and physical abuse scandals in their church.
That took guts, on their part.
All that time, being virtually the only group pointing out what was happening and what needed to be done, to address the scandals and put the church on the right path.
They're right, too, the rest of us are all "Johnny come lately's" at this, sure, but you know what? More and more groups, from within and without the Catholic Church need to speak up and call for accountability of the Catholic Church's leadership so the people abused can be addressed and so, hopefully, abuses like these in the past can never be repeated.
I say again--and it's stunning that no one in Rome, at the Vatican gets it--there need to be structures put in place within the church so these things don't happen again, once the past abuses have been addressed.
Kudos to the NCR and their work and diligence.
It's been the right thing to do all along.
Link to original story:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/09/1868404/kc-based-national-catholic-reporter.html
That took guts, on their part.
All that time, being virtually the only group pointing out what was happening and what needed to be done, to address the scandals and put the church on the right path.
They're right, too, the rest of us are all "Johnny come lately's" at this, sure, but you know what? More and more groups, from within and without the Catholic Church need to speak up and call for accountability of the Catholic Church's leadership so the people abused can be addressed and so, hopefully, abuses like these in the past can never be repeated.
I say again--and it's stunning that no one in Rome, at the Vatican gets it--there need to be structures put in place within the church so these things don't happen again, once the past abuses have been addressed.
Kudos to the NCR and their work and diligence.
It's been the right thing to do all along.
Link to original story:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/09/1868404/kc-based-national-catholic-reporter.html
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