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Marshall, John

IRS flap sidesteps a matter of secrecy

Several Republicans, including Jerry Moran, have dragged out that toothless whistle about closing the Internal Revenue Service, as though such an act would be...

A July 4 reminder: Civil rights trump the worship of property

The presidential race continues, with each side churning this way and that in hopes that people will begin to take the candidates seriously. There...

Trump is fruitless? – First consider our own

  We do have a knack for getting things wrong. Or backwards. Consider all that Republican hand-wringing and Democratic schadenfreude over the prospects that Donald Trump...

All those candidates, and one simple question

One of the bolder queries in campaign politics lies in a simple question: “Are you better off now..? Adjusted for the current Kansas election cycle,...

A different dimension for the gun issue

  Note: Out of respect to the Orlando victims, their families and friends, we have pulled the portion of this column that compared Donald Trump’s...

WEATHER REPORT: Rain and life in the plant world

At daybreak, calm. A big storm had come overnight, one of those thunderous commotions that sent great flashes out of the sky and ripped...

The Supreme Court, protecting local schools

The Kansas Supreme Court and local public schools are now joined, sharing threads of common purpose. The question for both is whether the next...

On a return to good government

Last week we lamented the loss of our ability to dream, to put the possible back on our list of things to do. It was the...

DEPARTMENT OF BASEBALL: High science, big nuisance

Televised major league baseball has become a great lectern for the broadcaster and a chore for the viewer; it has taken a great sport...

Kansas can’t be fixed with alibis and lies

State Sen. Rick Wilborn, whose district includes Lindsborg and the Smoky Valley, has mailed to constituents a newsletter proclaiming, among other things, that the Kansas Legislature...
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