Chuck D urges Garden City to back local art and talent
In Garden City Chuck D of Public Enemy spoke at GCCC MLK Day events on cyber bullying gun control and the benefit of homegrown art He encouraged supporting local musicians radio play for regional artists and emphasized community role models over distant celebrities The editorial notes the town’s arts scene includes Mosaic Battle of the Bands and other year round performances and praises local talent
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Eteran
Chuck D
Garden City
Public Enemy
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Mosaic
Quotes on drug companies and gun laws in Kansas visit
Online remarks from GCTelegram.com respond to an editorial urging flu shots. A reader derides vaccines as profit, noting yearly strains and limited flu prevention. US Attorney Barry Grissom, visiting Garden City as part of a Kansas gun law tour, states no one will take guns from homes.
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Kansas
Gctelegram.com
Barry Grissom
Wichita
Grissom
Garden City
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Obama’s second inaugural speech blends unity with expansion
Rich Lowry argues that Barack Obama’s second inaugural address frames a progressive, collectivist agenda wrapped in founding-era rhetoric. The piece contends the speech reorients American politics, pairing equal pay, gay marriage, and immigration reform with expanded government and climate policy while labeling Republicans as antiquated.
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Barack Obama
Elizabeth Warren
Obama
Thomas Jefferson
Solyndra
Congressmans falling relevance in Kansas district debate
Alan Jilka reports on Tim Huelskamp facing removal from key committees and facing questions about his unwillingness to compromise. The piece contrasts Lincoln’s war era pragmatism with modern party opposition and cites criticism from Kansas figures about principle versus action, noting district impact on agriculture policy.
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Kansas
First Congressional District
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis
Steven Spielberg
Lincoln
First
Tim Huelskamp
Agriculture and Budget
Republican House
Spielberg
Congress
South
Huelskamp
Thaddeus Stevens
Pennsylvania
Stevens
Club For Growth
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kansas Senate
Boehner
Lynn Westmoreland
R-Ga
Politico.com
Westmoreland
Leslie Shedd
Kansas House
Mike O’neal
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
O’neal
Mr. Huelskamp
Different take on liberty debated in inaugural remarks
Susan Stamper Brown argues President Obama frames liberty as evolving with time, challenging constitutional interpretation. She warns of four more years of divide, cites wealth redistribution and living Constitution ideas, and quotes Ron Paul on liberty and government limits.
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Bill Clinton
Obama
America
Wbez-Fm
Chicago
Newtown
Ron Paul
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