Marshall, John

Marshal, John

We still have a government; do we know why?

John Marshall - January 1, 2017

On the eve of another session of the Kansas Legislature, it may help to recall that state government wasn’t always so wretchedly mismanaged. Until...

Marshal, John

A season of light, and into a new year

Editor - December 27, 2016

According to the National Weather Service, the light of winter’s first day, December 21, was with us in these parts for nine hours and...

Marshal, John

Glenn’s legacy a lesson for legislators

Editor - December 19, 2016

The New York Times’ obituary for John Glenn, the senator and astronaut, came with more than a dozen photographs, many taken during Glenn’s long...

Marshal, John

Cyberbullying? Or is it only another cyberbelch?

Editor - December 12, 2016

Why all the fuss and feathers over Trump the Tweeterin-Chief? Roughly a week ago, Chuck Jones, president of United Steelworkers Local 1999 challenged...

Marshal, John

A government set-up for private profiteers

John Marshall - December 4, 2016

The state’s mental hospitals at Osawatomie and Larned are among the more battered victims of Gov. Sam Brownback’s calculated abuse of state agencies. His...

Marshal, John