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To the editor: One of the victims of serial rapist Cory Elkins has shared her thoughts with me in what she calls an open letter to Jean Gilles Phillips, director of the University of Kansas School of Law’s Innocence Project, Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez and Senior ...
To the editor: Recently I went to a meeting at the Cider Gallery, a campaign rally for Courtney Shipley, who is running for reelection to the City Commission. People were there because they are concerned that their city remains a good place to live, concerned that it has good government, ...
To the editor: I recently solved a Cryptoquote that is the perfect metaphor for our current predicament: “When there are no great tigers in the deep mountain, even a monkey can become king.” In a recent letter to the editor, I spelled out the reasons why we need a truly great ...
To the editor: I was not surprised that there were no bidders to run the new pallet shelter project. From my limited dealing with trying to help the homeless, it’s hard to imagine a more thankless and difficult task. Not only have city officials failed to calculate the long-term cost of ...
To the editor: I’m writing in response to the article about serial rapist Cory Elkins and his victims, including a woman called Sasha. I’m distressed about several aspects of this: 1) The action of the KU Innocence Project in actively working to free a violent serial rapist is ...
To the editor: Regarding, “Lawmakers: Don’t blame youth suicide rates on guns” in Tuesday’s paper: The arguments of gun rights advocates, including those in our Legislature have become so absurd as to boggle the mind. Lawmakers will not explore any measure to limit the easy access ...