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To the editor: Sister Janet Kennedy was my wife’s first cousin. In the 1980s, she was the nursing home ombudsman for the State of Kansas. During that time, she had breakfast with Dr. Karl Menninger of the Menninger Foundation every Wednesday. They discussed world events, philosophy, ethics ...
To the editor: In the Thanksgiving Day Your Turn about the former Sunrise Gardens site at 15th Street and Learnard Avenue, Riggs Skepnek has, in my opinion, captured the thoughts, feelings and wishes of the majority of people in Lawrence. We actually care about how our town evolves into ...
To the editor: United States intelligence sources long ago concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia bears responsibility for the torture and murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And yet, the president of the United States thinks otherwise. The U.S. Department of ...
To the editor: I am appalled and stunned that our current president is so tone deaf and self-centered that he would actually issue threats to those service members just trying to do their duty for our country by upholding the Constitution. For this president, or any president, to threaten ...
To the editor: The Journal-World article on KU’s Wilcox Classical Museum brought back wonderful memories of the Lawrence community theater’s production of my play “Flesh, Flash and Frank Harris” in April of 1980, and then again Off-Broadway in New York in 1983-1984. Harris was a ...
To the editor: KU’s new conference center and stadium are wonderful new facilities. However, one curious aspect of the entire Phase 1 project is that the new premises seem to have zero space set aside for bicycle parking. Considering Lawrence’s ostensible concerns about climate (not to ...