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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 BASEBALL: The feeble grounder is the new home run?
A few Sundays ago, when the Royals were playing the Red Sox, Boston’s Pablo Sandoval hit a feeble ground ball toward the mound. The...
Schools are helped by Potawatomi Nation
History often has a way with irony. As Phoenix rose from the ashes of its predecessor, cultures and nations have, over the ages, continued...
A crucial question, no answer in sight
Consider again: First, a university mathematician and recognized statistical expert has serious misgivings about voting patterns in the November 2014 state elections – serious...
Counting down to a crisis
Paul Davis, the Lawrence attorney who ran for governor against incumbent Sam Brownback, is among notable political experts who see a looming constitutional crisis...
Kobach’s crusade: Leave everything to him
The Legislature, ever protective of our democracy, has granted the state’s chief election clerk, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the power to prosecute people...
Kansas’ new school finance: Fabrication and deceit
School finance in Kansas has moved from a sophisticated national model to a slow-witted script straight from the tunnel sewers in a Dickens tragedy...
While we’re at it, let’s renounce the British
Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who wants to
be president, is a long-standing, steadfast critic of restoring
U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations.
Ruio, who is of Cuban ancestry,...
Finding one source of legislative madness
For those who wonder how things went so wrong in Topeka during the last legislative session, consider those supposedly in charge. Trouble began when...
Reason to be grateful for good government
An August 15 memo from Lindsborg City Administrator Greg DuMars provides a good look at the raw mechanics of local government, the hidden challenges...
The bigger Hastert story: a crime missing a perp
Anyone out there remember the Dennis Hastert scandal?
Hastert, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2007), was indicted in late May and...
