Marshall, John

  Anyone out there remember the election year sound truck? Before TV and Twitter-X became bludgeons of choice in American politics, we had the sound truck,...

When the echoes faded and the dust had settled in Philadelphia in 1787, the United States had a Constitution. From May into mid-September that...

What first springs up about him is that yellow plastic shopping bag. It came with AJohn every Thursday to noon meetings of the Lindsborg...

  Fourth of five articles on a history of trouble in the Kansas Republican party Quarrels are inflamed in most political parties, a product of the...

By the mid-1990s, political labels were high fashion in Kansas politics. One-by-one, young conservatives were replacing incumbents of the Republican old guard. New coalitions...

  Second of five articles on the history of trouble in the Kansas Republican party Among the historic battles among Kansas Republicans, few match the decade-long...

  First of five articles on the history of trouble in the Kansas Republican party * Although Kansans frequently elect Democratic governors, we are seen as a...

The world seems a fretful place these days: climate change, storms, wars, anger, unrest. We once learned what was happening and why from daily newspapers,...

Coffee clubs were likely unnerved recently when Mike Brown, the state's ham-fisted Republican chairman, said Kansas should junk non-partisan local elections. He believes candidates...

Tuition at the Kansas' six state universities will increase at least five percent next year, the first general increase in five years. State aid...