‘Freedom’ and freedumb By John Marshall A retired firefighter was arrested on Oct. 17 for threatening to kidnap and kill Wichita mayor Brandon Whipple. The man was upset about th... Read more
Short takes The shape of the ball By John Marshall Major league baseball is scrambled this year, starting with a covid-shortened season (60 games), empty stadiums and post seas... Read more
Back to the old days By John Marshall The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The swift debut of her successor-in-waiting. An ailing president, his covid-contaminated White House: This and... Read more
Lloyd Ballhagen, Last of the Harris greats Into the Night By John Marshall In the days of big telephones on office desks, he answered with a soft voice: “This is Ballhagen.... Read more
Former Harris chairman dead at 89 Lloyd Ballhagen, the Kansas newspaper executive who joined Harris Enterprises in 1958 and advanced to become the company’s president and chairman, die... Read more
Notes and comment The heroes’ march by John Marshall The incineration of towns and forests in the American west recalls a special horror for those who have been in a big fire, o... Read more
A glorious legacy By John Marshall On September 8, Dale Dennis announced his retirement, effective September 30, after 53 years with the Kansas Department of Education. For decades, D... Read more
The Candidates of Covid By John Marshall The campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat offer Kansans two candidates, physicians trained in the sciences but with opposite views on the corona virus. On... Read more
Republicans vs. the Postal Service By John Marshall On August 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 257-150 to approve $25 billion in emergency funding for the U.S. Postal Service and... Read more
The polio epidemic (part I) By John Marshall Fear hardens its grip on people when a disease unwinds and begins to claim children. Schools have begun to reopen among the currents of a covid p... Read more
