Honestly, You're Better Off Barefoot

Honestly, You're Better Off Barefoot

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We're talking about grown adults in affluent societies—people presumably in possession of at least one pair of actual shoes—who see fit to navigate the grimy sidewalks of large cities shod only in a loosely flapping, half-inch-thick slip of rubber.
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Our View: Helping the homeless

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Soon, the community will hear more from the city committee called Headed for Home and learn about a program that's being used nationally called Bridges Out of Poverty. So what's different today than it was five years ago? First of all, we talk to each …
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Sporting Kansas City's Jimmy Nielsen: 'I was sick in my head for gambling'

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Some of the most powerful passages, however, relate to the gambling addiction that Nielsen wrestled with for a large part of his adult life. In the following excerpt, he recalls his first visit to Las Vegas – made with his now wife, Jannie, when he was …
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