Marshall, John

It seems for the moment that Kansas is a state with two governors: Sam Brownback and Jeff Colyer. Brownback officially holds the office but with a...

  Remember Simpson-Bowles? That’s the long-forgotten blueprint for reducing the federal debt and balancing the budget. It was crafted by a bipartisan, 18-member commission headed by former Sen. Alan...

  It’s always a treat to be lectured by politicians who denounce government aid. From time to time, they will drag out their old harangue about the...

  ...Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I...

At this season of the year, darkness is a more insistent thing than cold. The days are short as a dream. The sun begins to lose...

  We have sidetracked politics for a moment on grounds that this holiday season offers a time for reprieve. There is anxiety enough these days to fuel...

Concerts of the Smoky Valley Men’s Choir happen only every odd-numbered year, in conjunction with Hyllningsfest, thus are rare and beautiful events. A feature of their...

  Anyone notice the moon recently? A memorable eastern moon, one of those full spectacular discs that happen on cloudless nights before the Earth’s shadow begins to...

  It was a crisp November afternoon in Lindsborg nine years ago, Sunday the 9th, fresh and clear, and had it turned wicked with a raging storm,...

  Celebrations are planned in 2019 for a sesquicentennial, the 150th birthday of the founding of Lindsborg and to recognize communities in the Smoky Valley that help...