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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Going electric

John Marshall - September 8, 2021

The campaign has begun to turn us from a country of gas guzzlers to a nation of watt-burners. President Biden hopes half the cars sold...

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A 7-county party

John Marshall - September 1, 2021

Many years ago, a young man at an Overland Park car rental agency, trying to be congenial, asked where I was headed. "Hutchinson," I said. His...

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Power to the Northeast

John Marshall - August 24, 2021

The first burst of data from the 2020 U.S. Census has been a trove of numbers for statisticians to moon over. The City has...

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‘Values’ and other trouble

John Marshall - August 11, 2021

The coming election season is likely to bring another round of chatter about "values." This is a tricky undertaking for anyone, especially candidates for...

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Highways and health

John Marshall - August 4, 2021

Before the Interstate highways, a ride from Kansas on the old roads was a trip along the shifts in American life and living. Up...

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The IRS problem

John Marshall - July 28, 2021

Congress is in another needless argument about the Internal Revenue Service. Democratic propose to pay for infrastructure investments by putting more money into the IRS,...

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