Cooking away the CSA, week 10: The best flourless peanut butter cookies
OK, I realize peanut butter cookies do not seem like a CSA-friendly treat, but they are. Just stick with me. You see, these peanut butter ...
A little cleaner look at KU’s announced TV deal with Time Warner
The news regarding a broadcasting deal between Kansas Athletics, IMG College and Time Warner Cable/MetroSports to create a revamped Jayhawk Network has produced quite a ...
State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park
The idea of a destination-style resort at Clinton Lake — an old proposal that resurfaced late last year — is becoming more serious. Officials with ...
Upscale meal in peach orchard to showcase the fine-dining side of agrotourism
Think “agrotourism,” and pick-your-own apples and winery tours probably come to mind, at least in the Midwest. But another take on it is becoming increasingly ...
Where does each KU basketball returner need to improve?
It's the basketball offseason, which means it's the best time for the Kansas men's basketball players to improve their skills before the games begin to ...
Reducing Sexual Harassment in the Military
Any effort to reduce sexual harassment in the military needs to recognize that some men have never learned to adequately control their sex drives. Unfortunately, ...
City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub
Buses, builders and bulldozers, oh my. It is not the latest elaborate act for Lawrence’s Busker Fest. Instead, it may be the newest solution to ...
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America’s Stifled Growth
In today’s Washington Post an article appears ( that explores why our recovery has been slower than historic experience. The gist of the article IMHO ...
Climate Realism
Many of you are familiar with the interchanges between a number of contributors to this space who favor a carbon tax to address climate change ...
KU starting to feel decline in federal research dollars
When I saw Steve Warren, KU's vice chancellor for research and graduate studies, at a groundbreaking event on Friday, I asked him about something that ...
Bedbugs on the radar screen of city officials; new ordinance would allow City Hall to create rules to exterminate pests
And here you thought property maintenance just meant keeping the grass mowed, the house painted, the roof shingled, and other such matters. Well, add one ...
New bridal shop opens along South Iowa Street
Area bridegrooms have it easy these days. It used to be that planning a wedding involved so much running around that you would ruin a ...
First Greetings from the KU Rugby Team, Whiteriver, South Africa
Greetings from South Africa! It’s day three of our adventure, and we already have so much to share. The tour group arrived Friday evening, and ...
Departing assistant superintendent to work for Fort Hays State
Adam Holden is going back to work for Fort Hays State University after his resignation as assistant superintendent in the Lawrence school district takes effect ...
City manager forecasting increase in city’s general fund property tax rate for 2014 budget
If City Manager David Corliss has his way, property tax bills in Lawrence may go up just a bit in 2014. Corliss is in the ...
Common Core wrongly tied to data project
The Common Core standards in reading and math in Kansas do not require states to collect massive amounts of personal data on every student. Nor ...
The biggest difference between Ben McLemore and Xavier Henry? Perception
The general consensus I get from Kansas basketball fans is that Xavier Henry was a bust in his one-and-done year, while Ben McLemore was a ...
Discovery Furniture launches major expansion in Topeka, but move won’t affect Lawrence location
As my wife sometimes tells our kids — and often tells me — we’re going to nip this in the bud. (We start taking her ...
Local radio executive launches Lawrence Internet radio station that plays ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s pop hits
Maybe it's time for me to bring back the mullet, and for my wife to break out the legwarmers. We’ll once again have the soundtrack ...
Upcoming tasting event to break in La Parrilla’s new wine cellar
La Parrilla has planned a South American-style christening for the wine cellar in its new, bigger digs at 724 Massachusetts St., the space that formerly ...
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- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 109 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 6 comments
- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 96 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 20 comments
- Residents irate over quarry blasting June 18, 2013 · 11 comments
- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law similar to the one in Kansas June 17, 2013 · 75 comments
- Blog: City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub June 18, 2013 · 17 comments
- Kansas Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition, fee increases June 18, 2013 · 10 comments
- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 41 comments
- City commissioners to consider final approvals for Menards project June 14, 2013 · 83 comments
- Freshman Frankamp brings hot shot to KU June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Clinton Lake resort discussions resurface September 6, 2012
- Residents irate over quarry blasting June 18, 2013
- New TV deal expands KU athletics coverage, access June 18, 2013
- KU grad student wins national fellowship to help young kids deal with intense stress June 13, 2013
- Regents to consider bonds for new engineering building June 18, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Daytripper: West started getting wild in St. Joseph, Mo. January 16, 2012
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
