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John Marshall

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John Marshall is the retired editor-owner of the Lindsborg (Kan.) News-Record (2001-2012), and for 27 years (1970-1997) was a reporter, editor and publisher for publications of the Hutchinson-based Harris Newspaper Group. He has been writing about Kansas people, government and culture for more than 40 years, and currently writes a column for the News-Record and The Rural Messenger. He lives in Lindsborg with his wife, Rebecca, and their 21 year-old African-Grey parrot, Themis.
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Small ball

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We hit a sour note last week on big time college football, its gilt-edged landscapes and billion-dollar beds of clover for athletic departments. Battles...
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Adieu, sport

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Color TV was the new thing when I was in college. Gasoline was 29 cents a gallon and football was grand, a sport knitted...
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Religion as governing

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The matter of abortion festers on the August 2 ballot as a proposed constitutional amendment. There are two choices: yes or no. No maybe. Say...
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Kansas and Cuba

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Like it or not, we are citizens of the world, our planet a shared breeding ground for promise or despair, isolation or inclusion. Two...
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Glen Suppes

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LINDSBORG – The great room was alive with voices, the thrum of conversation. Scores of people were arriving, alone or in pairs or clusters,...
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‘One man, one vote’ (5)

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The 2020 federal census and a pending reapportionment of legislative districts has rekindled controversy as the state's rural population declines and metropolitan areas grow. This...
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The court of G.O.D.

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In the early 1970s, Salina's legendary Police Chief, John Woody, had his own sly version of justice through consolidated law enforcement: "Put the judge...
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The greatest nation (?)

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There were many sermons on Memorial Day, a lot of reverent waving of Old Glory, pledges of allegiance and endurance, pronouncements that we live...
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Life in color

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"Small Wonders", an expansive new show, has opened at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg. It's an exhibit of smaller works by more...
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Blue caves?

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The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that the map of the state's four congressional districts is constitutional. Wyandotte County is sliced in half, north...
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