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From Kansas to Washington, the nightmare redux

Kansas is the Mother Shipton, the Madame Thebes, the Witch of Endor, and the low barometer of the nation. When anything is going to happen in...

More cards, more spluttering at standout legislators

The mail has brought us another slick one from the Kochs’ printing factory, a full-color complaint that State Sen. Randall Hardy had voted for “a $1.2...

Insurance must involve everyone

Another important issue with Republicans’ health insurance plans is eliminating the current requirement, under the Affordable Care Act, that young and healthy people buy...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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