Marshal, John
A season of light, and into a new year
According to the National Weather Service, the light of winter’s first day, December 21, was with us in these parts for nine hours and...
Marshal, John
Glenn’s legacy a lesson for legislators
The New York Times’ obituary for John Glenn, the senator and astronaut, came with more than a dozen photographs, many taken during Glenn’s long...
Marshal, John
Cyberbullying? Or is it only another cyberbelch?
Why all the fuss and feathers over Trump the Tweeterin-Chief? Roughly a week ago, Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers Local 1999 challenged...
Marshal, John
A government set-up for private profiteers
The state’s mental hospitals at Osawatomie and Larned are among the more battered victims of Gov. Sam Brownback’s calculated abuse of state agencies. His...
Marshal, John
The hidden cost in what is ‘free’
The Koch brother billionaires, David and Charles, are big on what they call the “free market,” a term that has great appeal in Kansas....
Marshal, John
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
Without speaking...
Marshal, John
Dusk seems such a comfort
It is an American custom that as the year winds out, we pause to be grateful – for what we have, for what we...
Marshal, John
Values and honesty
In an election year we have heard a lot from candidates about their belief in values. The implication, mostly, is that one candidate has...
