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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.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPLEXITY: Middle East geography
A couple of months ago the press tsk-tsked Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president, after he blew an MSNBC interview: How, he was...
We have mislaid our capacity for trust
David Brooks, a New York Times columnist, said recently that America is buried in an “avalanche of distrust,” the failing of a society that...
The Knight problem and ‘false equivalency’
During the 1978 Kansas primary election, The Rev. Harold Knight, a shrill and contentious publicity hound from Chanute, telephoned the Hutchinson News to demand...
Will we have change, or more of the same?
In certain wards and precincts across Kansas, the coming election offers a challenger, most likely a Democrat, to the incumbent office holder, more than...
On the ballot: change, or more of the same?
Gov. Brownback and friends continue to claim that the state’s former school finance formula was junked because it was “too difficult to understand.” On...
Department of Baseball: Considering the ‘best’
The other night Jessica Mendoza, one of ESPN’s celebrity baseball announcers, referred to Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers’s brilliant left-handed pitcher, as “the best player...
The irony in Kobach’s voter fraud
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is still pressing, his campaign to suppress voter registration now festering in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Our gun boat, taxes and other benefits
The street sweeper makes its rounds in Lindsborg on Fridays, and in our neighborhood we usually see it around noon – usually, we say,...
Kansas history speaks: Government when it worked (4)
(Long before distress and malice became a Republican manifesto, Kansas had a most viable and vibrant government, led by people who helped the state...
Kansas history speaks: Government when it worked (3)
(Long before distress and malice became a Republican manifesto, Kansas had a most viable and vibrant government, led by people who helped the state...
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