Melinda Henneberger

1 day ago | kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger

Opinion columnist Melinda Henneberger's car stopped on 85th and Holmes. While waiting for help, several random strangers came to her aid. The Kansas City Star Life just keeps confirming what I believe, which I guess is true for all of us. On Wednesday morning, for instance, I had to go to the eye doctor in Leawood, and my husband drove me because it's good to be able to see when you're behind the wheel.

1 day ago | kansascity.com | David Mastio |Melinda Henneberger

Democratic mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo (L) shakes hands with Zohran Mamdani after participating in a Democratic mayoral primary debate on June 4 in New York City. Mamdani have appears to won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. Pool Photo by Yuki Iwamura/UPI Editor's note: Welcome to Double Take, a regular conversation from opinion writers Melinda Henneberger and David Mastio tackling news with differing perspectives.

3 days ago | kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger

People wait outside a Social Security Administration office before it opened for the day in Glendale, Ariz. in April, (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) NYT My Monday at Kansas City South's Social Security office did not get off to a smiling start. I arrived at about 8:45, and just before the place opened at 9, a snappish man in uniform came out and said that those of us without an appointment should go right on back home again. What is this, Oz?

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | David Mastio |Melinda Henneberger

Editor’s note: Welcome to Double Take, a regular conversation from opinion writers Melinda Henneberger and David Mastio tackling news with differing perspectives and respectful debate. DAVID: If Donald Trump has a superpower it is in being a disrupter. With two keystrokes, — “W E” — on Tuesday, he sent the whole foreign policy establishment into a tizzy. “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.

1 week ago | kansascity.com | Melinda Henneberger

Phil Baniewicz, the already suspended president of Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kansas has as of Tuesday been barred from ministry anywhere in the archdiocese, based on a new report of "inappropriate behavior with a minor," according to a spokeswoman.