LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wind Turbine Contracts: Up to 90 years of lost property rights Before you sign with a wind turbine developer, here are a few things to consider. First, you’ll potentially give up property rights on your land for up to 90 years.
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Education Frontlines: Nuclear Fission—A Fuller Picture
“Today we burn the rocks. Tomorrow we burn the oceans!” This was an unforgettable statement from one of the 16 mm films I showed to my students when I taught in 1971. My school district was poor. There was no money for audio-visuals. But I could borrow free films from the Oak Ridge Nuclear Lab in Tennessee. We also offered 9-week phase elective courses so students chose the science topics they wanted to study. One of my mini-courses was on Nuclear Power.
HEMOSIDERIN STAINING PRODUCT OF TRAUMA OR VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY
Dear Doctors: I broke my ankle about 18 months ago. Now, in the area just above the break, the skin on my leg has turned a dark color, like a bruise. It doesn’t seem to be going away. Is there anything I can do to lighten this up? Do you think that laser therapy could help?
Bipartisan wins amid end-of-year big spending, overreach
Each month I want to provide you with regular updates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what happened in December.
It may not be an election year but Kansans should stay politically engaged in 2023
With great power comes great responsibility. This phrase has been uttered time and time again and is applicable to a wide range of situations, especially in politics.
Plains Folk: Lawman Chauncey Whitney
Ask anyone to name famous lawmen from the Old West, and two names are sure to pop up immediately: Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. Then will come Bat Masterson and Bill Tighlman, and maybe Bat’s brothers, Ed and Jim, or Wyatt’s brothers, Virgil and Morgan. After that the names come a lot more slowly, if at all. That’s not because there weren’t good marshals and sheriffs in the West; they just didn’t get the press. Or didn’t live long enough into the twentieth century to be able tell their own version of their lives, as did Earp to his biographer, Stuart Lake.
REYNAUD’S PHENOMENON CAUSES SMALL ARTERIES TO CONTRACT
Dear Doctors: While stationed in Alaska more than 35 years ago, I experienced the tips of my fingers turning white in the cold weather. A doctor said it’s probably Raynaud’s syndrome. Does this condition slow down healing? I ask because a deep scratch on my shin still hasn’t healed after four weeks.
Thoughts on war
General Patton, who came down in history as a genius at war, in the end said “war is a horrible thing.” Generals MacArthur, Bradley, and Marshall echoed the sentiments when they saw the loss of life, hope, and home.
Goodbye 2022. Bring on 2023.
It has come time to say goodbye to 2022, and hello to 2023. One can only imagine what this moment must have felt like 150 years ago, scant months after the city was officially formed and The Newton Kansan began to publish.
This year, resolve to be informed
Happy New Year! As this year comes to an end, and we begin to look forward to the next, many of us are quickly finalizing our plans for a new year’s resolution of some kind, while others may be looking forward to accomplishing many different things in the coming year. Without a doubt, this time of year brings at least a brief moment to reflect on the previous year, while also looking forward to the coming year’s possibilities.