Journal-World Editorials
- It takes time
- Tackling big issues is fine, but the state needs to take time to find the right answers for Kansas.
- February 12, 2012
- Change is hard, and the sheer volume of change being thrown at Kansans this year is bound to make us uncomfortable. What would help, however, would be for Kansans to be confident that the elected and appointed public officials who are pushing these changes have a full understanding of their consequences.
Local Columns
February 12, 2012
- Behind the Lens: Incorrect shutter speeds cause blurry photos
- Advances in camera technology have made capturing decent photographs fairly easy.
February 11, 2012
- Faith Forum: Is love in a religious sense different than in a romantic sense?
- Doug Heacock and Marshall Lackrone answer.
- Aging secretary responds on KanCare
- Last week in Lawrence, an advocacy group presented several inaccuracies about KanCare, the Medicaid reform plan proposed by Gov. Sam Brownback. I would also like to take this opportunity to respond to an editorial questioning the inclusion of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) within KanCare.
February 8, 2012
- Legislature should limit major initiatives
- It would appear that the governor and his staff members wish to remake some of the most essential and complex aspects of state government during this year’s legislative session. He has already given the Legislature plans to remake the state tax system and the school finance system, transform the present state retirement system (KPERS) from a defined-benefit plan to a defined-contribution plan, and put a cap on state spending through limiting the state’s ability to spend additional revenues beyond a certain fixed percentage.
Syndicated Columns
February 12, 2012
- Alabama case could criminalize politics
- All elected officials, and those who help finance elections in the expectation that certain promises will be kept — and everyone who cares about the rule of law — should hope the Supreme Court agrees to hear Don Siegelman’s appeal of his conviction. Until the court clarifies what constitutes quid pro quo political corruption, Americans engage in politics at their peril because prosecutors have dangerous discretion to criminalize politics.
- Public financing is a must
- In 2008, candidate Obama broke a promise to use public campaign financing, thereby gaining a tactical advantage at the expense of betraying his professed principles. Of course, politics is hell on principles, so one can hardly be surprised at his decision now to embrace a super PAC set up on his behalf. Disappointed, but not surprised.
February 11, 2012
- Politics drives retreat on insurance issue
- At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible authority. His policy, he testified “as a Christian,” “coincides with Jesus’ teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.’”
February 10, 2012
Letters to the Editor
February 12, 2012
Not broken
As the deadline for the Central and East Lawrence Consolidation Working Group’s recommendation looms, neither the Lawrence school board nor ...
February 10, 2012
Poor evaluation
So Brownback wants to evaluate teachers based on a one-shot test, among other things, and post the evaluation on the ...
Pummeling KU
I am now convinced that Dolph Simons Jr. stays up nights, scouring any data source, looking for some way to ...
Condemn sin
As a “religious fundamentalist” (who does not fear homosexuals), I would like to commend Anna Slemmer for her letter (Public ...
Garden caution
While fully supporting the idea of city-owned gardens (Journal-World., Feb. 7), I must offer some caution on the implementation of ...
Musical delight
I just returned from the choral concert by local middle and high school students and it’s going to take a ...
February 9, 2012
February 7, 2012
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