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Ready or not, weather is coming
OK, it is true that earlier this week we were concerned about whether we were going to get hit with blizzard conditions again.
Get into the swing of economics
Back in the '60s, when you didn't bother to clean up your room and your mom carried out her threat and pitched that comic book you'd left laying on the floor, she probably didn't realize how her actions would contribute to an astonishing element of inflation in our culture, but the scarcity of certain "graphic novels" is creating amazing opportunities today.
At least consider family values
It seems in today's society there is little that will get you in trouble quicker than to dare to stand up for traditional families.
Threats are not funny
No. Really? Who'd have thunk that a college employee could get suspended, just for sending "a threatening letter containing white powder that prompted the evacuation of a campus building?" Those folks at the University of North Alabama must be pretty narrow minded to take such a thing so seriously. Or could it be, just perhaps, that it's a reflection of the times in which we live? No, surely that's not what's going on. Surely this ...
Free speech isn't 'free'
One of the signs that we are seeing a failure of the very core values that are supposed to make the United States different from other nations?
Thank ya' very much, Hungary
Thank ya', thank ya' very much. Elvis has left the building, the planet, shuffled off this mortal coil, moved on to a different, if not higher, plain. But though he's gone, he's not forgotten, not even in Budapest. Mr. The Pelvis is being named an honorary Hungarian - no jokes about fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, please - and they are going to name some stuff after him, according to the Associated Press. "Budapest's ...
Cuts are usually unpopular
You can always tell when things are getting desperate in America. They bring out the celebrities.
Making sense of congress
David Henderson, a Korean War veteran long suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, applied 15 days past the deadline for enhanced care under a 2001 veterans-benefits law and thus was, as required by the statute, disqualified from the additional benefits.
We're sicker than Charlie Sheen
This was going to be an editorial reflecting on the mess Charlie Sheen has made of his life and career, but he's become such an embarrassment to himself that it really doesn't bear comment any longer.
Heritage is made up of the details
Ben Franklin said that to call an American an Englishman was like calling an ox a bull - he appreciates the compliment, but he'd rather have back what is rightfully his.
Don't laugh at me
Allen Shamblin and Steve Seskin wrote the incredible song, "Don't Laugh at Me" in the '90s after Shamblin's daughter came home from school, upset because the kids were teasing her because she had freckles.
Get back to plan A
There's an old saying that suggests plan A is always easier than plan B. While it's intended to warn us against procrastination, because what you are faced with when you put off your duty will not be as easy as facing responsibilities today, it also speaks to those who are unwilling to face the financial realities that are facing taxpayers today. While local governments have had to deal with these issues for years, at the ...
Culture is expressed in bumper stickers
Anyone who still remembers late Tribune Managing Editor Bob Fairbanks will remember that he was "Mr. Republican."
Pot DUI needs to be addressed
It's something that states are going to have to address, and that socially conscious "consumers" are going to have to not only accept, but promote if they ever hope to legitimize their drug of choice.
Be careful with encroachments
Kansas doesn't have enough issues to be address by our state legislature - job loss, brain drain, the necessity of cutting back the size of state government, the need to stop unfunded mandates aimed at counties, and at our property tax rates - so, since it's such a quiet season in Topeka, they've apparently decided to discuss whether there can or cannot be controls on people's lives that bring into the debate religious ethics versus homosexuality.
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Copper recycling
Copper recycling can be a good thing coming out of old air conditioning or plumbing during replacement. Copper is a non-renewable resource, and apparently recycled copper is worth nearly as much as new copper.
Lack of supervision is cause for concern
Perhaps a Congressional inquiry about the Internal Revenue Service providing extra scrutiny targeting political groups should not be a surprise.
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a founding principle of our country. Freedom of speech also comes with responsibility.
Cool/Not Cool
The Imagination Playground is coming to Great Bend and will make its public debut during June Jaunt. The portable playground is a set of oversized blocks, lightweight but sturdy enough to build with. They were designed by award-winning architect David Rockwell, who was inspired by watching his own children play.
Time to grow up
Challenges. All of us have them. And, it is easy to sit around and point fingers and blame others for our failures. It is easy to throw out exaggerated or incorrect information and hope people will listen and take up our cause because of the passion behind our words. It is easy to become caught up in distracting and destructive banter. It is easy to become a fool.
Trash talk
The senior class president of Heights High School in Wichita was suspended for the rest of the school year after posting a bit of trash talk about the school football team on Twitter.
Logical flood insurance rules finally passed
At long last, Congress, yes that gridlocked legislative body in D.C., has made changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. Astoundingly, the new rules actually make sense.
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