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Marshall, John
Pretenders and children
Our national psyche now seems to begin and end with the downside: Criminal trials for prominent legislators and a former president; beastly heat or...
Risks in Peace
In September we will mark the 23rd annual memorial for the 9/11 attacks. It also will be 30 years since Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir...
Gas taxes
When it comes to car travel, Europe isn't like us in at least two ways ‒ size and expense. Vehicles there are small and...
Spellbound
Kansas is a conservative state but tends to avoid the far side. In the northeast is Kansas City, or three Kansas Cities ‒ the...
Indispensable
A story in the June 13 News-Record balanced two public agencies, the library and the Old Mill Museum, in a lucid report on their...
Civil tables
Civic clubs often meet at meal time for their business, and for most of them it's to help others who could use a lift,...
Hybrids needed
Late last month the Kansas secretary of state certified United Kansas as the state's third minor political party. Certified earlier for the next general...
AI, RI
Artificial Intelligence, the darling of master nerds, coding maestros and computer virtuosos, is shined up as an indispensible part of life as we scroll...
Hopscotch
Next week local students in Kansas will be free to enroll in schools beyond their home district. In urban counties, the change tempts visions...
Property and taxes: a review
Politicians often treat taxes as if they were rogue bacteria, ever-ready to afflict suffering and decay. This makes fine stuff for a speech or...
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