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John Marshall is the retired editor-owner of the Lindsborg (Kan.) News-Record (2001-2012), and for 27 years (1970-1997) was a reporter, editor and publisher for publications of the Hutchinson-based Harris Newspaper Group. He has been writing about Kansas people, government and culture for more than 40 years, and currently writes a column for the News-Record and The Rural Messenger. He lives in Lindsborg with his wife, Rebecca, and their 21 year-old African-Grey parrot, Themis.
Surviving Kobach, Ignoring Trump
Surviving Kobach, Ignoring Trump
By John Marshall
Donald Trump may prefer to lie about the veracity of voting by mail, but the postal ballot has been...
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent
By John Marshall
On December 29, 1930, The Chicago Tribune advertised a global scoop from Tribune reporter William L. Shirer, who had flown...
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...
We elect a bigger government, then we forget why
It may seem that government has grown beyond our grasp, but it should be remembered that we have made it that way. We, the...
Midsummers and the call of home
Eight years ago, the annual Midsummers Festival moved to Riverside Park with the theme, Coming Home to Sweden. For a long time the Festival...
Term limits are still a bad idea
Leading into the coming elections, someone is bound to
trot out that tired notion of term limits for legislators, as
though this would solve a lot...
An adventure throttled, and long forgotten
The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the legislature’s latest effort to redeem itself in state funding
for local schools. This issue...
Too big to regulate
Six years ago JP Morgan, the big bank, suffered a trading loss of between $2 billion and $3 billion. Investors were worried that this...
A grand legacy threatened; the viper in our garden
For six decades, the Secretary of State’s office was Kansas’ chief steward of government order and commercial province. It was a modest, efficient agency,...
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,...