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- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 54 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 166 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 277 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 47 comments
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 137 comments
- Tax gamble May 26, 2012 · 95 comments
- God, marriage May 25, 2012 · 200 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 37 comments
- Brownback tells federal judicial panel to toss legislative redistricting maps May 29, 2012 · 7 comments
- Brownback signs bill blocking use of Islamic law May 25, 2012 · 256 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Town Talk: UPDATE: Frank Male files for county commission; keep an ear open for local sales tax talk; city hires new city engineer; wholesale water district buys land near Kaw; weekly land transfers May 29, 2012
- KU ace Duncan proves value May 23, 2012
- How to help: Guides needed for Lamplight Tour of Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park May 27, 2012
- Disciplinary action taken against Haskell employees after investigation of student-athlete test scores May 15, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
Thin line can separate coaching and bullying in schools
I wonder what proportion of coaches and gym teachers have a history of bullying when they were students?
I'm sure it used to be much higher than it is today, but. . .
December 14, 2011 at 9:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Medicare increase may mean no Social Security COLA
When is the government going to start using honest inflation numbers?
The CPI statistics have been routinely manipulated to understate the true rate of inflation.
Just the other day I realized I was paying almost exactly ten times as much for gasoline as when I started driving in the early '70s.
That may be an extreme case, but it was a rare shopping expedition when my parents spent over twenty dollars on groceries, where I can hardly get out of the store for less than fifty, and that's buying food for one, where they were buying food for three.
Likewise, I bought my first house in 1985 for what is the price of a decent new car nowadays, admittedly it was a small house (I neither need nor want a big one) but you can't touch anything liveable which includes a lot for four times that now.
March 28, 2011 at 1:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Faith Forum: What is the best way to share your religious beliefs with strangers?
Let people know that your actions are in response to deity by wearing symbols appropriate to your beliefs. When they ask about it, then tell them.
Telling them before they ask is proselytism, a most egregious social crime.
March 26, 2011 at 4:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
How often do you purchase KU merchandise?
Never isn't quite true: Back in the '70s I did buy a folk dance club t-shirt.
Never cared for Jayhawks: I've always thought they were hideous, not to mention being named after the premier domestic terrorists of the Kansas territorial era.
March 26, 2011 at 4:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Which of these Elizabeth Taylor movies is your favorite?
I'll second Taming of the Shrew. Of course I haven't seen a lot of the others.
But before I saw Taming of teh Shrew, I wondered why Ms. Taylor was such a big deal. She managed to sell Katherina's climactic speech without seeming broken and that's darn near impossible.
An outstanding performance by an astoundingly beautiful actress.
March 24, 2011 at 11:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gas stations' switch to summer fuel could mean a rise in gas prices
Back in the days when the gold standard was taken seriously, deflation didn't seem to bother folks much except for farmers who bought their places on credit.
The farmers found themselves paying back their mortgages with ever-more expensive gold as the weather became less favorable and the price of their commodities declined.
That is what spawned the Populist movement and party.
As near as I can tell, the McKinley-Hobart campain in 1896 was the first and last time they successfully explained the benefits of sound money to the working class.
One of the big differences between here and Europe is that stability of value is the ECB's sole guiding principle. Here the Fed has to ballance inflation and unemployment.
Who loses the most due to inflation? Mostly working folks 'cause prices inevatably go up faster than their wages. In a deflationary scenario, employers rarely cut pay, or at least cut it slower than prices decline, 'cause gains in productivity help keep the cash-value of labor stable.
Who benefits from inflation? Mostly bankers and speculators.
March 22, 2011 at 2:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
How does your dining etiquette rank?
It's an easy rule: Asuming the table is set correctly, work from the outside in. There should be no peices set which will not be used.
Unfortunately there are idiots who having bought a delux set of silverware with tools for absolutely everything, will put them all out, even when they aren't appropriate. You don't put out the lobster forks unless you are serving lobster, etc, etc, ad nauseum.
March 21, 2011 at 12:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
School officials criticize Kansas House bills dealing with KPERS funding
Back in the '80s, KPERS was one of the best funded state pension systems in the country, but even then it faced a deficit.
Then the state lowered its contribution rates (and those for the school boards) but kept the same benefits, and the funding deficit has grown ever since.
March 3, 2011 at 10:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Reuter Organ Co. blends old, new technologies for its church service
“It all depends on how many bells and whistles you want,”
Mostly whistles. Hundreds and hundreds of whistles. Maybe, but just maybe, a few dozen bells too.
Best quote in quite a while. 8-)
March 1, 2011 at 12:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Air Force awards $35 billion tanker contract to Boeing Co.
In these budget-constrained times, it isn't that surprising that the less expensive option prevaled, even if the EADS plane would have been more versatile.
As for the problems with the 787, that was a management problem: They took outsourcing one step too far.
February 25, 2011 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )