- Parks: Less can be more
- October 28, 2009
- The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is in the process of choosing top priorities for the city’s recreation system.
- Bring on the baby boomers
- August 20, 2009
- If I were inclined to promote economic development, I’d try something new and guaranteed to produce quality, recession-proof jobs for far less than the $27,000 per job spent on average in Kansas to create new ones by the eco-devo gurus.
- Fear stifles health care debate
- August 14, 2009
- Like many of my fellow Kansans, the other night I answered the call for a “tele-town hall” conducted by Sen. Sam Brownback.
- Local homeless shelter responds to new needs
- July 31, 2009
- Canvas a few people about our local homeless population and you may hear comments like, “The people on our streets choose to be homeless.” Or, “Those scary meth addicts aren’t even from here.” These gross categorizations create a schism between “us” and “them” and obscure an important truth: The homelessness that we witness on the streets of Lawrence is a recent social problem.
- News icon strove for excellence
- July 21, 2009
- The last icon of the great days of journalism is gone.
- Athletic-academic balance
- June 23, 2009
- Bill Mayer’s June 19 column, in which he praised the balance that Bob Frederick brought to the KU athletic department during his time as athletic director, has resurrected the ongoing conflict that has been brewing in college sports for at least the past century.
- U.S. needs national health care, not health insurance
- June 22, 2009
- When one has an accident or comes down with a serious illness, should the first question be: “Do you have insurance? Does it cover this?”
- GM plan really a UAW bailout
- June 13, 2009
- Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to step in and confiscate billions of dollars in stockholder and bondholder wealth. These are not normal times, however. Industry turmoil gives the Obama administration the go-ahead to prepackage a bankruptcy petition that pads union coffers while wiping out common shareholders and ravaging public bondholders.
- Advertising messages bombard children
- May 22, 2009
- An average child in the United States sees about 40,000 commercials a year just while watching television. With more than 40 million kids online daily, and growing, perhaps no tool has become more important to marketers than the Internet.
- Economy still offers opportunity
- May 9, 2009
- We are in an economic time of crisis, around the country, as well as right here in Lawrence, Kansas. There have been lots of layoffs recently and not enough jobs to go around. That should be obvious to everyone, but especially to those of us in the construction industry.
- NBAF dangers being ignored
- February 19, 2009
- When I read in the Lawrence Journal-World that locating the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan was “great news” and “the entire state and its people are winners,” I thought of Tom Sawyer’s fence. As “winners” of the NBAF, here are some reminders of how lucky we are.
- What works? Tax cuts or government spending?
- February 17, 2009
- Today our government basically follows the policies advocated by the famous 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes. In simple words, Keynes believed that the capitalist free market system should be left alone as long as it works but that the government should step in whenever it doesn’t. A hundred thousand houses are an asset for any nation, Keynes wrote, but a million unemployed are a liability. So, when we need houses and have unemployed, why not let them build the houses, even if the government has to hire them to do so?
- Scrap the School of Fine Arts?
- January 24, 2009
- With respect for all those involved, let me state my view of the decision to abolish the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas. That decision can best be described as historically catastrophic. There are two kinds of individuals involved in the arts; those who enjoy art and those who create art. Both are essential, for great art without an audience is irrelevant, and an enthusiastic audience without great art is a shame.
- Bailout bubble threatens U.S. economy
- January 17, 2009
- Pay attention. We are witnessing the inflation of the largest and potentially most devastating economic bubble of our lifetimes. It’s the bailout bubble, and when that bubble pops it could kill the most successful economic system in the world.
- Resolving to volunteer benefits you and community
- January 1, 2009
- If you are reviewing the laundry list of possible New Year’s resolutions, I’ve got THE 2009 resolution for you! It has significant benefits and won’t cost you any money. This year, resolve to volunteer at least 100 hours to strengthen our Douglas County community.
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