The first public notice I have of Frank E. Jerome is a newspaper article from January, 1873. The writer posts the claim that Jerome is “the swiftest compositor in Kansas,” that he had set 2600 ems (a printer’s term, essentially pieces of type) in an hour. This is to say that Jerome was a printing professional who set type for a living. Such people were numerous on the newspaper-rich prairie frontier, and they were legend, for various reasons.
Dear Doctors: I would like to know more about ASMR. I never heard of it until a friend’s daughter started watching videos of people whispering. She says she likes how it feels. I watched for a bit, and nothing happened, but my own daughter has become a fan. What is ASMR? What does it do?
Expanding Medicaid Thousands of Kansans fall into the health insurance coverage gap. This means hardworking men and women, even while working full time and sometimes at two jobs still cannot afford to buy health insurance.
Each legislative session, there are 500 to 700 pieces of legislation introduced. Of that amount, less than 10% generally pass through the entire process. It is probably less than 1% that actually attracts any media attention. The vast majority, usually around 70%, pass through the legislature with strong bi-partisan support. In many instances, they pass unanimously. While it is not typically recognized, Republicans and Democrats work very well together on the important issues that move the state forward. Even when we disagree, we are generally quite agreeable as we recognize that we simply have differing perspectives. Here are some of the big issues I get asked about regularly.
Two years ago I wrote an opinion piece for the Kansas Reflector in which I argued that the Legislature should be celebrating Kansas public schools, rather than trying to tear them apart through voucher plans.
Dear Doctors: I stopped eating sugar while I was losing weight last spring and summer. When holiday sweets started showing up at the office and at parties, I really indulged. I noticed that hip pain from rheumatoid arthritis, which stopped while I was dieting, came back again. Did the sugar do this?
Urging congress to investigate Amtrak rolling stock management The following was submitted as a letter to Sen. Jerry Moran.
Kim Baldwin, McPherson County farmer and rancher Six more weeks of winter for 2023. At least that’s the prediction based on a rodent in Pennsylvania.
During World War I, British forces sent up hot-air balloons to spy on advancing enemy forces. In recent times, a number of countries, including the US and France, have launched data-gathering balloons. The Chinese military last year reported favorably on many uses for such balloons, including for surveillance, communication, weather information, and communication. The detection yesterday of a Chinese balloon hovering over Montana, where the US houses ICBMs, probably falls into the category of military surveillance, though the fact of the matter remains to be determined.
Next week, the diversity in school debate returns to neighboring state Missouri via House Bill 952, its anti-1619 Project bill, joining the earlier proposed Parent’s Bill of Rights, SB 776. Missouri, a bellwether for policymaking in Kansas, points to the likely resuscitation of this political debate after similar efforts slowed in the Kansas legislature. Coupled with Florida’s recent rejection of AP African American Course in public schools, the two events mark a resurging salvo in a larger argument over school curriculum and diversity.