The map is not the territory
by Tom H. Hastings Though he gave credit to another social scientist who expressed the concept, it was Alfred Korzybski who, in 1931, coined the… Login to continue reading Login…
Opinion
Insight: Filling a freezer
Greg Doering,<n>Kansas Farm Bureau For the first time in a long time, I won’t have to spend a Saturday defrosting an upright freezer in anticipation… Login to continue reading Login…
Inside Marion newspaper raid affidavits, bad jokes at the expense of the First Amendment
By:Clay Wirestone Police Chief Gideon Cody promised explosive revelations after his flabbergasting raid on the Marion County Record. “As much as I would like to… Login to continue reading Login…
Education Frontlines: University Enrollment Downturn
By: John Richard Schrock Over 1.6 million fewer students are enrolled in higher education in the U.S. compared to before the pandemic. Decreases in university… Login to continue reading Login…
A “Middling” Approach to Better
By: Russell Arben Fox Various tensions—urban vs. rural, national vs. local—haunt almost every discussion about environmental policy in the United States. Recent efforts by some… Login to continue reading Login…
Plains Folk: Remembering Chalkley McArtor Beeson
By Jim Hoy I have been vaguely aware of early-day Chalk Beeson for some time and finally decided to dig a little deeper. What I’ve… Login to continue reading Login…
Kansas Reporters’ Shield Law should have prevented raidon Marion paper
By: Doug Anstaett By now, you’ve likely read or heard about the police raid on the Marion County Record this past Friday. It’s all over… Login to continue reading Login…
With a nation’s eyes scrutinizing Kansas community, let’s be careful with the facts
By: Clay Wirestone As the furor over police raiding the Marion County Record boils and bubbles, I want to take a step back and write… Login to continue reading Login…
Kansans Need Safer, More Fun Roads
By: Michael A. Smith After decades of decline, fatal traffic crashes increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s traffic deaths are falling harder and harder on… Login to continue reading Login…
Education Frontlines: Walden two and beyond freedom
By: John Richard Schrock While completing my doctorate in 1981, I read an article in Science by B.F. Skinner titled “Selection by Consequences.” It closely… Login to continue reading Login…