Lawmaker Loses Chair As Kansas House Reshapes Panel
Local lawmaker Ward Loyd of Garden City loses chairmanship after House Speaker Doug Mays disbands the Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee. Critics call it political payback tied to Loyd’s school finance support and worry about criminal justice bills losing cross‑aisle input.
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Topeka
Ward Loyd
Garden City
Doug Mays
House Committee On
Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Loyd
Mays
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
Corrections Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House Criminal Justice
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Israel to escalate Gaza offensive amid rising tensions
Israeli army spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibowich says the new Gaza offensive aims to lift pressure as militants face a stronger response. Kenneth Dixson recalls his home burned in a Texas wildfire and fears exposure to further loss. Defense analyst Thomas Donnelly warns Pentagon succession changes could let the Bush administration exert tighter political influence and risk narrow decisions in a doomsday scenario.
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Avital Leibowich
Israel
Gaza
Thomas Donnelly
American Enterprise Institute
Pentagon
Telegram Letters Policy For Garden City KS
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number and will confirm before publication. Letters are editable for libel and length, kept under 500 words. General thank you notes allowed. form letters, poems, complaints, or testimonials not printed.
The First Amendment Summary Rule
The amendment prohibits government establishment of religion and guarantees free exercise of religion. It also protects freedom of speech and of the press, and preserves the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
The Blogosphere and the Evolving Information Age
An opinion on the rise of blogs and the internet as a powerful force for information. It contrasts citizen journalism with main stream media, notes dangers of narcissism and unbridled power, and calls for restraint while urging attention to credibility and civility. The author warns against the unchecked influence of bloggers and stresses ignoring low quality voices.
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America
al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Jayson Blair
New York Times
Jack Kelley
USA Today
Blair
Kelley
William Golding
Golding
Schadenfreude
Dan Rather
Eason Jordan
Judith Miller
Space probe New Horizons faces deadly plutonium risk
The window opens Jan 11 for a launch carrying 24 pounds of plutonium aboard NASA's New Horizons probe. Experts warn a release could contaminate oceans and reach populations worldwide, with estimated probabilities and costs. Critics urge cancellation and a shift to non nuclear power for space travel.
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Earth
NASA
New Horizons
Pluto
Cape Canaveral
Caribbean
North Africa
Middle East
India
China
Mexico
Texas
Ernest Sternglass
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
United States
Space
Sion
Bruce Gagnon
European Space Agency
Jupiter
Gagnon
Congress
Reese Urges Readers to Get Minds In Gear
John F. Kennedy and George Washington shape Charley Reese’s political creed while he critiques party hypocrisy and calls for constitutional fidelity. He argues against imperialism and government secrecy, condemns finance capitalism, and urges readers to think deeply as Washington’s Farewell Address guides his views. Readers are invited to write to Reese in Orlando.
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Geezer Brigade
National Rifle Association
The
Sons of Confederate Veterans
John F. Kennedy
Republican Party
George Bush
George Washington
Jefferson Davis
Brad Pitt
Washington
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Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Orlando
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