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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.
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,...
State aid is life for local schools
The big chore confronting the 2018 Kansas Legislature is
a long, grinding march into the matted jungle thicket of local
school finance. Its landscape is clotted...
The schemes of desperate politicians
Why is Dale Dennis the patron saint of local schools in
Kansas – and why are a handful of top Kansas legislators
out to persecute him?
Dennis,...
A good hard freeze is not a bad thing
In Des Moines on New Year’s Eve the wind chill hit 31
below, and officials closed the ice skating rink.
In central Kansas, the recent freeze...
Here’s a plan that might still work
Remember Simpson-Bowles?
That’s the long-forgotten blueprint for reducing the
federal debt and balancing the budget. It was crafted by a
bipartisan, 18-member commission headed by former Sen.
Alan...
Why denounce bailouts, our staff of life?
It’s always a treat to be lectured by politicians who
denounce government aid. From time to time, they will
drag out their old harangue about the...
