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Opinion: What is really going on with inflation as Election Day nears?

Oct 29, 2024 | cjonline.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

This year’s presidential campaign has featured shocking statements and dramatic moments, including two assassination attempts. More recently, former President Donald Trump made alarming comments about “enemies within” that hint at the use of military force against his political opponents, while Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling with a reticence among men of color to vote for her. Despite all this, the election itself may come down to a far more traditional, pocketbook issue.
Yes, we should mourn the axing of Leunig — he's the last of the Magnificent Seven

Sep 5, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

After 55 years at The Age, Michael Leunig filed his final cartoon for the newspaper last week after he was fired by Nine in what he described as “a throat-cutting exercise”. The popular cartoonist has been declared an Australian Living Treasure, but has also drawn ire over the decades for various controversies including his critique of working mothers who use childcare and taking an anti-vaccination stance. So should we mourn the axing of Michael Leunig?
Perception belies numbers for Biden's record. Legacy may lean on one question.

Aug 3, 2024 | cjonline.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

“Are you better off than you were four years ago?”— Ronald ReaganIt is no secret that President Joe Biden is unpopular. In the 2023 Kansas Speaks poll, a whopping 62.8% of respondents were dissatisfied with Biden’s performance vs. 32.9% who were dissatisfied with fellow Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly. Widespread approval of Biden’s withdrawal is one of the few issues these days that bring Democrats, Republicans and independents together.
Legislature put interests of billionaire sports owners over that of Kansans in need

Jun 30, 2024 | cjonline.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

A month ago, I editorialized about the recent defeat of a proposed sales tax extension for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals stadiums in Jackson County, MO. Led by a group called KC Tenants, the “no” vote secured a 58% majority. Their message was, why subsidize venues for billionaire-owned, for-profit sports teams when Kansas Citians cannot find affordable housing? The message resonates on both sides of the state line. However, it did not resonate with the Kansas Legislature.
LCCC commencement 2024

May 11, 2024 | wyomingnews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

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Urban prairie burned again in Fort Worth - here’s why

Mar 10, 2023 | greensourcedfw.org | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas held its second prescribed burn on March 3. Photo by Michael Smith. March 10, 2023Flames lapped across the prairie at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in the Fort Worth Cultural District last Friday. The fire team scattered around the perimeter wasn't there to put it out. They started it. The 1.5-acre cultivated prairie behind the BRIT building is located a block from Cowtown's world class museums, overlooking busy University Drive.