Marshal, John
The measure of a place called home
The fiction of this country ‒ literal and otherwise ‒ is filled with people, usually young, who migrate to New York or some other...
Marshal, John
IRS flap sidesteps a matter of secrecy
Several Republicans, including Jerry Moran, have dragged out that toothless whistle about closing the Internal Revenue Service, as though such an act would be...
Marshal, John
A July 4 reminder: Civil rights trump the worship of property
The presidential race continues, with each side churning this way and that in hopes that people will begin to take the candidates seriously. There...
Marshal, John
All those candidates, and one simple question
One of the bolder queries in campaign politics lies in a simple question: “Are you better off now..?
Adjusted for the current Kansas election cycle,...
Marshal, John
Is the law only to be ignored?
During Watergate we were reminded, as though we needed to be, that no one is above the law. Not even the president.
Richard Nixon’s crimes...
Marshal, John
Texas and Kansas, (Peas in a pod?)
Mimi Swartz, an executive editor at the invigorating Texas Monthly magazine, reminded us recently that Texas has, almost over night, lost its seat at...
Marshal, John
On a return to good government
Last week we lamented the loss of our ability to dream, to put the possible back on our list of things to do. It was the...
Marshal, John
DEPARTMENT OF BASEBALL: High science, big nuisance
Televised major league baseball has become a great lectern for the broadcaster and a chore for the viewer; it has taken a great sport...
