Local no more
When he was Speaker of the House in Washington (1977-'87), the late and magnificent Tip O'Neill often said "All politics is local."
Not anymore.
A couple...
Awakenings
The small college campus comes alive this month, in these parts vibrant and paintable. Bethany College is its own park in Lindsborg with paths...
Wheat state or weak state?
Headlines about increases in local property taxes, and college and vo-tech tuition, have become bleak and familiar. They are largely the result of two...
We, the government
In our town, like others, people are the government. It's the arrangement set out by our founders and it's worked well here for more...
Living lessons
Mid-afternoon a couple of weeks ago in Salina and there it was on Debold Street, westbound and waiting at the light on 9th ‒...
Pretenders and children
Our national psyche now seems to begin and end with the downside: Criminal trials for prominent legislators and a former president; beastly heat or...
Risks in Peace
In September we will mark the 23rd annual memorial for the 9/11 attacks. It also will be 30 years since Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir...
Gas taxes
When it comes to car travel, Europe isn't like us in at least two ways ‒ size and expense. Vehicles there are small and...
Spellbound
Kansas is a conservative state but tends to avoid the far side. In the northeast is Kansas City, or three Kansas Cities ‒ the...
Indispensable
A story in the June 13 News-Record balanced two public agencies, the library and the Old Mill Museum, in a lucid report on their...