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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 2011
Page
4
An editorial notes Kansas crop losses from drought with corn down 15 percent and sorghum and soybeans off about 28 percent, while national data show consumer spending rising in July and layoffs easing slightly. Fall gas prices and school year spending offer some confidence for retailers despite a slow recovery.
Online commenters respond to a federal mediator meeting between Garden City USD 457 and the Garden City Educator's Association as they seek to restart contract talks over a proposed dress code. One commenter notes clothing costs and favoring a clothing allowance. Katie Eisenhour comments on Western Kansas unity amid Scott City’s 2011 All-American City designation celebration.
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with writer address and phone confirmed before publication. Letters are limited to 500 words and may be edited for libel and length. Thank you notes, form letters, poems, complaints, or testimonials will not be printed. Address Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 or editor gctelegram online www gctelegram com.
EU political science professor Burdett Loomis notes in Dole Institute archives that in 1974 Bob Dole campaigned as a budget cutter and inflation fighter against Bill Roy while also backing expanding Medicare drug coverage, Social Security boosts, rural programs, and windfall tax ideas. The piece contrasts the hardline conservatism with pragmatic governance, linking past positions to later Dole era compromises.
The author traces American susceptibility to ideologue saviors from the John Birch Society to modern Tea Party debates. He notes paranoia, selective history, and media influence, citing Huey Long, the Black Panthers, and current pundits while urging longer attention spans to resist extreme rhetoric and partisan wind.
Maria Hinojosa speaks to undocumented immigrants and advocates against racial profiling. A Baltimore doctor helps an undocumented mother in New York facing fear and deportation while sharing a story of a heart transplant giving life to a Manhattan girl. The piece urges viewing immigrants as families and neighbors, not targets for detention.
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