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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.

A Taxing Goblin

The Kansas Legislature faces a special challenge this year, the budget fallout from a covid assault on the economy. The state's current taxing and...

Time, and ’empescher’

Time, and 'empescher' The term impeachment runs far back in time, before this country was discovered and before democracy was a even gleam in any...

A scab that won’t heal

Kansas was briefly atop the Washington news this month when Rep. Jake LaTurner began his initiation in Congress by announcing he had tested covid...

Faith and futility

A recent Gallup poll revealed that American approval of Congress had dropped to 15 percent. This is much higher that the nine percent approval...

We and our government

The Republican tradition in Kansas is caught in a paradox, one that started before most farms had electricity and the only air conditioning was...

‘Candles’ and BBC

LINDSBORG – At the post office the other day a woman from years ago greeted me by name, and I struggled not to draw...

A Town House Christmas

Covid's menace has reinforced the pleasure of reminiscence, to hark back to the past for something treasured and secure. Shadows of uncertainty amplify the...

A losing proposition

Let's add politics fatigue to covid fatigue. Once we had buffers – family, community, our traditions. Today simple humanity seems warped by everything political. Masks,...

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 As the...

Talk with an old friend

The landscape turns brilliant, shudders, then settles in for a rest. Autumn is here. In a time of covid and seclusion, affection for our surroundings...

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