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At this point, my family members are accustomed to my weird European sporting interests. Short of watching “Heated Rivalry,” you can’t get me into hockey, but I can give you a 15-year history of the F1 race team that was Force India. And when it comes to football, the only team I’ve ...
To the editor: Living in Lawrence I was working as a lawyer handling cases in courts across Texas. A judge there, who knew me only through my cases in her court, called one morning asking for campaign money. That doesn’t happen in Kansas where judges aren’t forced to curry political favor, ...
To the editor: Let’s be very clear about the “prime farmland” in Grant Township that Save Our Soils Kaw Valley Foundation purports to preserve from a solar installation through a frivolous lawsuit based on meaningless technicalities. The land in question is currently producing ...
To the editor: We flew our flag on July Fourth, not because we agree with the current outrageous efforts to undermine the foundations of our republic, but because we continue to believe in our ability to meet the current challenges and continue to strive to realize the promises made in the ...
There are moments when history reaches across the centuries with startling clarity. Standing in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy, and looking at Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s “Allegory of Good and Bad Government,” I had one of those moments. Nearly 700 years old, the series of fresco ...
When Kansans head to the polls on Aug. 4, they’ll be asked to decide whether to change how Kansas Supreme Court justices are chosen. But this vote is about far more than judicial elections. It will have lasting consequences for public education in Kansas. As a political science professor, ...