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One Ken, two Kens
LINDSBORG – People who met Ken Sjogren liked him immediately. His friends could think of no one who disliked him, even a little. If...
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Representing whom?
Kansans once elected legislators to carry their special needs and distant hopes to the state Capitol. They were to represent their constituents, the ambition...
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Free thought
The New York Times said recently that America has a free speech problem. Too many Americans are afraid to speak their minds for fear...
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Believers, unbelievers
Things are unglued in our country, recalling a cleavage that set people apart when Sen. Joe McCarthy went on his rampage about communist ghosts...
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Questions of power
A return to the darker ages seems to be in season. In Topeka it began in January when the Kansas Senate banned reporters from...
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E pluribus undone
Republicans dominate the Kansas Legislature by 86 to 39 in the House of Representatives and 39-11in the Senate. Nearly all Republicans believe – or...
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The rural southwest: Part 4
(Last of four articles)
Three years ago this month, students and educators in southwest Kansas talked about bringing a satellite campus from one of the...
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The rural southwest: Part 3
(Third of four articles)
Lawrence or not, Kansas' vast First congressional district will swell eastward in yet another legislative reapportionment. The district, once an unalloyed...
