Lincoln - a man of integrity, honor, honesty, compassion and grace - led our country with a moral conscience. You must kneel to God only, and thank him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.” Lincoln had empathy for the oppressed and the common person. Lincoln said to them: “Don’t kneel to me. Newly freed slaves, jubilant at their new freedom, rejoiced. In April 1865, in the last few days of a bloody Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln walked down the streets of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, after its capture by Union forces. Don McCullough, Manhattan Modern Lincoln? Life is a beautiful challenge, sometimes devastatingly cruel and other times wonderfully fulfilling. My eternal thanks to these people: my savior, Jesus Christ my father, who taught me many of my values and beliefs my extraordinary wife, Carol and Frank Aguilar, my friend of more than 70 years who has been in my corner through many battles. I have been very fortunate to have had several people in my corner without whom I would not be standing today. In boxing, a “corner man” helps the fighter get ready for the next round. I’ve heard the nine-count several times but always somehow made it to my feet before being out. Chronic pain in my back and alcoholism have made my life difficult and painful. I feel as if the last 60 years of my life have been a huge fight with the devil. As I grew up, I boxed a little bit around the neighborhood and, later, for one year in college. My father was a professional boxer when he was young, and he and I always watched the old “Friday Night Fights” together on TV featuring Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and others. Ellen Murphy, Mission Hills Giving thanks What a bunch of men decide about women, including what they can and cannot do, is caveman behavior at its most refined. It’s that you can’t tell them a darn thing.” It’s that men will never learn.”Īnd the other would chime in: “It’s not that you can’t teach men. ![]() ![]() One would say: “It’s not that women can’t teach men anything. Perhaps to the assessors office this is just a way to raise money for services, but to the actual people affected it is life-changing, and not in a good way. Homeowners are opening their mail to discover their property taxes have doubled, and in many cases more than doubled. Peter Gogol, Prairie Village I’m priced out I firmly believe Barry deftly using his platform on a national stage was the definitive spark that lit a fire under our community to build a new terminal. Eleven years ago, Barry delivered an enlightening anecdote on “The Late Show with David Letterman” about his experience tweeting with the official KCI account about the lack of restaurant options and the airport’s online map that didn’t then didn’t work on mobile phones. I’d like to thank an unsung hero in getting it built: comedian Todd Barry. The new terminal at Kansas City International Airport has been open three months now.
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