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JOHN MARSHALL
A Gallery, an Exhibition, a community of art
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At the risk of incurring eye rolls among those who live elsewhere, indulge me in this praise of one institution, the joy and enlightenment...
Protecting the free marketplace
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The nasty label of “liberal” has been stuck on
those who favor public schools, public highways,
Social Security with simpler programs of Medicare
and Medicaid, and such...
Talk of ‘values’ will be tricky this year
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The Kansas Republican Party announced the other
day that Jim Joice had been hired as executive director,
replacing Clay Barker, who had joined the staff of...
Refueling school finance; the price for grievous error
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In spite of the latest school funding study, legislators
should avoid the temptation to scrap or radically alter the
state’s current formula for aid to local...
Disaster can expose our greatest delusions
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Gov. Jeff Colyer has made it official: Kansas is
parched.
It is difficult to measure precipitation on average in this
state because rain and snow can fall...
Refueling school finance;payment for a lesson learned
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Legislators should avoid the temptation to scrap
or radically alter the state’s current formula for aid
to local school districts. It has usually needed tinkering
from time...
Välkommen Trail: Another jewel in its crown
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In May the City will begin to lengthen
Välkommen Trail, the 2ó-mile bicycle and pedestrian
byway that now winds through Lindsborg
south and north. The project will...
Kansas primary elections: always crowded, disordered
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By one count at the end of February, 22 candidates had
filed to run for Kansas governor; two others had withdrawn,
and two more – from...
Coronado Heights: A crown immutable
We took a recent drive to Coronado Heights, a signature
landmark embraced by history and myth. It is just north of
Lindsborg, the highest mound nearby,...
February: the 3 a.m. of the calendar
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Winter in Kansas now seems impossible. A sustained
winter that is, hard frozen, with layers of snow building
with the intermittent storms and to melt only...