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government
Blogs
We elect a bigger government, then we forget why
It may seem that government has grown beyond our grasp, but it should be remembered that we have made it that way. We, the...
Marshall, John
Will campaigns bring us the Kansas we once had?
Before the summer’s campaign cicada chorus turns to an autumn cricket screech, imagine something on the far side of all the noise. Think on...
Marshall, John
Term limits are still a bad idea
Leading into the coming elections, someone is bound to
trot out that tired notion of term limits for legislators, as
though this would solve a lot...
Marshall, John
An adventure throttled, and long forgotten
The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the legislature’s latest effort to redeem itself in state funding
for local schools. This issue...
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Storms remind us why we need a federal government
President Obama, the man so many Kansans love to hate, has declared 42 counties major disaster areas in the wake of savage storms that...
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A man for all seasons, and all the wrong reasons
We had planned this week’s Donald Trump Love Thy Neighbor award for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who continues his relentless campaign to...
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Kansas elections are not the answer
Among the notions inspired by the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling is that the issue is far too important to be settled in a...
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The Garfield Expressway: why we have (good) government
We have now driven the glorious new Garfield Street Expressway from Second Street to Kansas and back, and there’s not a bump in the...
