Marshal, John
Will the new Congress help Kansas steal Medicare?
The Republicans in Washington are wasting no time in moving to dismantle much of the federal government as we have come to know it....
Marshal, John
Make America Sick Again
Congress is moving rapidly, recklessly, to repeal the Affordable Care Act while offering nothing to replace it. This will ensure America’s station in the...
Marshal, John
School finance: A troubled and complicated history
(Second of three articles)
By early May in 1992 the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature had begun to compromise on the remaining...
Marshal, John
School finance: A troubled and complicated history
(First of four articles)
Kansas legislators must soon secure equitable and adequate funding for local public schools. Central to this challenge is the 1992 Kansas...
Marshal, John
We still have a government; do we know why?
On the eve of another session of the Kansas Legislature, it may help to recall that state government wasn’t always so wretchedly mismanaged. Until...
Marshal, John
A season of light, and into a new year
According to the National Weather Service, the light of winter’s first day, December 21, was with us in these parts for nine hours and...
Marshal, John
Glenn’s legacy a lesson for legislators
The New York Times’ obituary for John Glenn, the senator and astronaut, came with more than a dozen photographs, many taken during Glenn’s long...
Marshal, John
Cyberbullying? Or is it only another cyberbelch?
Why all the fuss and feathers over Trump the Tweeterin-Chief? Roughly a week ago, Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers Local 1999 challenged...
