The migratory pattern of the Jayhawk has officially broadened. After last week’s sighting in London, I believe the species notes in a birdwatching field guide may read like this: Brilliant plumage, pronounced beak, tepid offense, special teams inconsistently special. Yes, the actual football game in Wembley Stadium left something to be desired for KU fans. I’ll still argue that it was a good sight ...
Have you heard about the federal government’s plan to begin denying large batches of background checks for firearms purchases if any one such background check came back inaccurate? The system would work this way: People who purchase a gun from a federally-licensed dealer already are required to submit to a background check. Such checks happen every week by the hundreds of thousands. Going forward, if one of ...
It seems imprudent for Lawrence to impose a two-year moratorium on data center development. It seems prudent that every city in America impose a two- year moratorium on data center development. I’m beginning to think my intelligence is artificial because I’m tending to believe both statements to be true. Let me try to explain. Let’s start in Lawrence. It is not clear that a data center development that ...
The pragmatic thing to do would be to scrap this KU-Mizzou rivalry. However, pragmatism doesn’t show up often on the game plan of college athletics. For instance, the universities of Kansas and Missouri in fiscal year ‘24-’25 spent a combined $339 million to provide the educational opportunity of athletic competition to 1,086 students. You have to contort mightily to fit that into the definition of ...
More than 100 members of the University of Kansas ROTC program and area first responders from fire and police departments broke a sweat early Friday morning as part of an event to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The KU ROTC 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb was done in remembrance of the victims of the attacks that occurred 25 years ago, and also recognized all who responded to the attacks in New York, ...
Like nearly everyone my age, when the calendar turns to Sept. 11, I think about where I was on that day. Unlike many, presumably, I also wonder about deer hunting. For that, I have to thank the small community of Anthony — a town of about 2,100 people an hour south of Wichita. In September 2011, I traveled to Anthony to report on why this town has a 9/11 memorial that includes a beam from the World Trade ...