September 2022

Cross country

Marion Inv. Thursday Area results GIRLS Team scores – Remington 25, Hillsboro 38, Wichita Central Christian Academy 57. Goessel, Burrton no team score. Area finishers… Login to continue reading Login…

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Sports briefs

Bethel spikers top Friends The Bethel College volleyball team opened KCAC play with a four-set win over Friends. Bethel won the match 19-25, 25-17, 25-8,… Login to continue reading Login…

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Sports Calendar

September 24 through October 2, All times Central NOTE: All competitions are subject to change. Check with www.thekansan.com, the Kansan sports Twitter page (@nksports) and… Login to continue reading Login…

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Pentagon’s Information warfare review should cover the domestic side, too

The US Department of Defense has ordered “a sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare,” the Washington Post reports. The apparent reason for the review is an August disclosure, by Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory, that Twitter and Facebook, of social media accounts opened under fake identities and used to feed disinformation to “audiences overseas.” That’s all well and good, but while they’re at it I wish the Pentagon would also review -- and cease -- its information warfare campaigns against the American public. Among supposed American constitutional values are separation of the military from politics, and its subservience to civilian government. While those values have always proven more noticeable in the breach than in the observance in wartime, the post-World-War-Two national security state has turned that breach into a well-funded, 24/7/365, campaign of political influence.

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