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Marshall, John

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY: The Freemount Church

  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...

Smoky Valley Men’s Choir: part of Old Fashioned Christmas

First the details: The Smoky Valley Men’s Choir will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 9, at the Swedish Pavilion in Heritage Square north of the...

Religion and politics, oil and water

  The moral morass of Roy Moore, and the political wars foaming out of it, are a striking reminder why politics and religion are a terrible mix....

On giving thanks

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.” – Luke 18:11 Out of a measured...

We float new walls; Cuba buys wheat from Europe

  In early 2015, Sen. Jerry Moran applauded the Obama Administration’s easing of U.S. sanctions against Cuba - without mentioning the president by name. Restoring trade with Cuba makes...

ACA enrollment opens; Trump hauls out a Kansas relic

President Trump has taken a page from the Sam Brownback playbook, the one about wrecking institutions by throttling their budgets. It’s from the chapter entitled “Undermine and...

Mark Lysell, and creating an icon

On trips away from the Smoky Valley we are sometimes asked where we are from. More than one good soul has drawn a blank at “Lindsborg,” but...

Glen Suppes, his promise for the next generations

The Kansas School Superintendents Association has selected John Allison, the Olathe School District Superintendent, for its Superintendent of the Year, from among three finalists who included Glen...

The Listening Tour and the Other Party

Senator Jerry Moran was recently out and about for another of his listening tours. The listening tour is an event scripted and perfected long...

A Court’s ruling, and footings in history

Several times over the past half-century, the Kansas courts, including the Supreme Court, have repeated a fundamental message: The quality of education in a...
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