The Rolling Stones, coming soon to Wichita, have received a lot of gibes about being too old to rock. Nonsense. Some of us aging boomers still have the mojo working. As Keith Richards has said, people like the band’s music — they’re good — and they love playing. What’s the problem? As I argue in my column, the geezers are all right.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
President Bush, reacting to the rising level of destruction in Lebanon, said Thursday that he was “troubled” — but apparently not troubled enough to work for an immediate cease-fire. Bush said he was holding out for a “lasting peace, not a fake peace.” The administration has discounted the possibility of a cease-fire until Hezbollah is disarmed, though Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that they support a multinational force to help Lebanon regain control of the southern part of its country from Hezbollah.
But Hezbollah isn’t going to be disarmed anytime soon. My guess is that the thousands of innocent Lebanese who have become war refugees would appreciate some of that “fake peace” right now. Many believe the Bush team’s diplomatic foot-dragging is meant to buy time for the Israelis to inflict more damage on Hezbollah and leave the terrorist group with less leverage in negotiations.
But the widespread destruction in Lebanon risks a wider conflict and is playing right into the hands of Hezbollah.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
Russ Jones used his Christian newspaper, The Chronicle, based in Newton, to endorse Ken Canfield in the GOP gubernatorial primary. “I’m so compelled that this is the right decision that I would be rebelling against God not to make this recommendation,” Jones wrote.
What Jones didn’t write — or disclose until after criticism — was that he is also Canfield’s press secretary.
“The newspaper did not endorse me,” Canfield later said. “He personally endorsed me.” Chronicle readers can be forgiven for missing that distinction.
Posted by Rhonda Holman