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Marshall, John

What does art tell us about our Flag?

One of the state’s more intriguing spectacles has involved a grievance last month over art at the University of Kansas. At issue was a cloth...

The other skills that improve our lives

A recent storm had snapped a limb from one of the Bradford Pears and left a perilous mess high in the branches. The heavy...

Democrats have a choice; Republicans have an echo

Kansas has not elected a governor from the Democratic party since Kathleen Sebelius, in 2002. Sebelius had been elected and reelected as Insurance Commissioner...

Tuition increases signal a larger problem

Last month the Kansas Board of Regents increased tuition for the coming school year at the state’s six universities. At KU, the state’s senior...

Republicans, the club for cage fighters

If we learn anything from the so-called “debates” among Republican candidates for Kansas governor, it’s that the party has tightened its tent. The staged debates...

Selling a landmark, and then what?

The building known as the Brunswick, once a landmark Lindsborg hotel and now a shabby lament for the city’s nuisance code, is to be...

We need more time for talk at the table

Our civic club meets each week for lunch and business, people in commitment to make life better for the younger generations. There is time...

Independence, the rule of law, and the power of the dollar

On Independence Day it will be helpful to remember that the true patriots are those who love their country so much that they want...

Places of beauty are all around

LINDSBORG ‒ The Post Office petunias are glorious, a great swell of radiance in the large planter beside the steps, bending with the wind,...

Republican a dirty word? America a global profanity?

President Trump continues to amaze. Only recently he has courted North Korea, played footsie with Russia and blessed China while cursing our neighbors and threatening...
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