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Ever curious
Duane Schrag ‒ journalist, science fiend, photographer, craftsman and traveler ‒ died October 17 in Abilene where he had been in hospice care less than a week. The cause...
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Obituary of Roger Verdon
Adieu, Santa
Roger Verdon, the burly Irishman from New York who found love and home in Little Sweden, died Sunday, Oct. 6, at his home...
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Power and class
Kansas Republicans have been a divided party for more than a century. The populist uprising of the 1920s, the Fred Hall insanities of the...
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A passing fancy
Washington recently survived a brief flutter over ethics with an eye on Supreme Court Justices, some of them with peculiar friends and favors.
In Kansas,...
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America’s debt
The greatest threat to our national security is not China, or sugary drinks, immigrants, or other assorted hobgoblins elbowing about for the title. The...
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Back to the future
President Biden had a chat last week with British Prime Minister Kier Starmer about many things, but tops on the list was Putin's hint...
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Farmed out?
Republican leaders in Topeka want to bump the governor's office from its lead role in proposing state spending. Instead, the plan is to assign...
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A Rare Package
In 2007 the U.S. Postal Service began issuing "forever" stamps at 41 cents each, stamps that were good "forever" with no additional postage. They...
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A nothing Congress
Most of us know from only a glance at television or a newspaper, that the leaders in Congress have almost no control over that...
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Local no more
When he was Speaker of the House in Washington (1977-'87), the late and magnificent Tip O'Neill often said "All politics is local."
Not anymore.
A couple...
