By: Clay Wirestone No one asked for hippos to overrun Colombian rivers. But hippos frolic in the South American country anyway, thanks to the extravagant… Login to continue reading Login…
With some variation among the 50 states, K-12 teachers still have the responsibility and legal right to determine the specific lessons appropriate for their students within their professional field. For instance, a geology teacher does not teach the earth is flat and a math teacher does not teach 2+2=5.
It’s not often the people of Kansas get to hold a “referendum” on state legislation. In fact, they can’t. At least not on their own.
By: Greg Doering A little over five years ago the world as we know it changed forever when COVID-19 swept across the globe bringing fear,… Login to continue reading Login…
by Robert C. Koehler Freedom of speech is kind of like eggs nowadays – too expensive! For Columbia University, the cost imposed on it by… Login to continue reading Login…
The powerful, ultra rich members of the Republican Party have seized control and bent it to their wishes. I commend Steve Leben’s Open Letter to Jerry Moran, in the March 14 weekend edition and Bob Topper’s reveal of how conservatives and liberals need to accept responsibilities in the March 21 weekend edition.
In the [March 22] issue of the Kansan it is reported by GOP representatives that electing supreme court justices would make them more accountable to the voters. They criticize the court for among other things its rulings on education funding.
A recent Bloomberg report discredited the American excuse that China’s high quality and low cost new electric vehicles (EVs) are only due to “overcapacity” caused by Chinese government subsidies. Author David Fickling notes that European and American carmakers likewise get government subsidies, noting that the “subsidies received by Volkswagon in 2023 was greater than every cent declared by carmakers in the same fiscal year” and that “Ford also received more money than any Chinese rival.”
The above hashtag does not get used often enough, and this last weekend it should have gotten a massive workout. Seriously.
This is not a Republican illusion. The political leanings of academia are very real.