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To the editor: Nowhere in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States of America will you find the word democracy. James Madison was the primary author of the Constitution and is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.” He was also the author ...
To the editor: On Tuesday, January 13, you reported that Chancellor Girod announced “market pay” raises for KU’s nonacademic employees. I applaud pay raises, but Girod’s idea of market pay is laughable. The 1% raise he announced pales compared to the current inflation rate: 2.7%. And ...
To the editor: Invading Greenland will be the end of America as a superpower and the end of NATO. This has long been a goal for Putin, and Trump is his perfect stooge. Without allies the United States would be vulnerable everywhere. One reason we are a superpower is because of NATO, because ...
To the editor: Folks, here’s where we stand. We have only one last chance to save our democracy, and that will be in the upcoming midterm elections. And they will be so crucial to our freedom that, temporarily, the old party names of Republicans and Democrats must fade into the background ...
To the editor: An illegal military invasion of Venezuela will not make us rally around the flag and ignore the new revelations that Trump provided Jeffrey Epstein a massage girl pipeline from Mara Lago for years. That Trump was Epstein’s most frequent flier. The attack will not hide the ...
To the editor: The headline “Kansan returns to the Catholic Church as the state’s first woman priest” is intentionally misleading and reflects a growing problem in contemporary journalism: framing ideological advocacy as factual reporting. The article itself admits — several ...