Marshal, John
A government set-up for private profiteers
The state’s mental hospitals at Osawatomie and Larned are among the more battered victims of Gov. Sam Brownback’s calculated abuse of state agencies. His...
Marshal, John
The hidden cost in what is ‘free’
The Koch brother billionaires, David and Charles, are big on what they call the “free market,” a term that has great appeal in Kansas....
Marshal, John
On giving thanks
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.” – Luke 18:11
Without speaking...
Marshal, John
Dusk seems such a comfort
It is an American custom that as the year winds out, we pause to be grateful – for what we have, for what we...
Marshal, John
Values and honesty
In an election year we have heard a lot from candidates about their belief in values. The implication, mostly, is that one candidate has...
Marshal, John
Broadcasters love speed; do viewers understand?
As the baseball season ends with the Cubs’ astonishing World Series victory, so ends the broadcasters’ obsession with the radar gun and the speed...
Marshal, John
Kassebaum and Dole: From another, better time
It won’t be long now.
We fold the bunting on America’s poisonous presidential campaign with notes of a gathering six weeks ago that told of...
Marshal, John
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...
