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The dead zone
Half the world erupts: Gaza in ruin, the Middle East a powder keg. War continues in Ukraine. Haiti, west Africa, Central America and Europe's Balkans could blow any minute....
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Puritans, all
Labels forever plague and enchant the Kansas political scene. They are often laid on with righteous zeal, but over time the glue can weaken.
When...
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Hyllningsfest: Music
LINDSBORG ‒ The festival schedule online opens with a photo, a section of the Smoky Valley Middle School marching band, youngsters in traditional Swedish...
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How we live
We have recently lost giants in our community, men who were celebrated beyond this valley. One was a journalist, broadcaster, archivist; another a brilliant...
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Gary Sandbo
"Whenever I saw him, I lit up a bit because he was such a positive force in the universe," Roger Verdon said.
News of Gary...
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Biting the hand
Florida and Texas are among states who elect governors with an avowed contempt for the federal government. In late August Hurricane Idalia laid waste...
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Amplified speech
Anyone out there remember the election year sound truck?
Before TV and Twitter-X became bludgeons of choice in American politics, we had the sound truck,...
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A people amendment
When the echoes faded and the dust had settled in Philadelphia in 1787, the United States had a Constitution. From May into mid-September that...
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Roots of discord (4)
Fourth of five articles on a history of trouble in the Kansas Republican party
Quarrels are inflamed in most political parties, a product of the...
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Roots of discord (3) Third of five articles on the history of trouble in the Kansas Republican party
By the mid-1990s, political labels were high fashion in Kansas politics. One-by-one, young conservatives were replacing incumbents of the Republican old guard. New coalitions...
