China Leads in Top Science Research
China now is the world leader in 57 of 64 technologies, according to a just-released report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
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Continued us/them rhetoric that has divided us
Are you a Republican/Democrat?
Topeka man was shot 34 times by police. Circumstances of his death make trust difficult.
Our civic institutions depend on public trust.
The punny farm
My grandfather was always quick with a joke and more often than not the punchline was a play on words.
The Case for Same-Day Voter Registration
While the 2024 presidential election may be more than a month and half away, it is time for Kansans to make a voting plan and check their voter registration status.
The Republicans’ “China Week”
“China Week” sounds like a time for celebrating Chinese culture and food.
We have plenty of politicians in Kansas, but too few leaders
We’re getting leadership all wrong.My epiphany came during one of those group classes that have become fashionable in the last few years, where your employer sends you and some of your colleagues off to a training that is supposed to teach you effective leadership.
Election 2024: Finally Weird Enough?
“It never got weird enough for me,” says Hunter S.
Plains Folk: A grass widow on his lap
While telling the story of Myrtle Brewer of Little River, the grass widow accused but acquitted of the murder of of an alleged harasser in 1909, I realized the term “grass widow” wants some explanation.I confess for years I was conscious of the term, but thought little about what it meant.
Apparent conflict of interest casts pall over special prosecutors’ role in Marion raid case
The special prosecutors tasked with bringing charges based on the three dangerous and unconstitutional search warrants executed in Marion last year — Marc Bennett and Barry Wilkerson — need to explain how they have been able to serve in those roles despite advising an implicated official after the raids.Until this conflict of interest is resolved by disqualifying them or otherwise, the public has no choice but to wonder whether their decision to file only one charge against former Marion police chief Gideon Cody, for conduct taking place well after the warrants were conceived, falls short of protecting us from unconstitutional searches.Admitted conflictOn the last page of their report, the special prosecutors themselves disclosed circumstances that created the conflict of interest.Bennett reached out to Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey on Saturday, Aug.