Wind energy in western Kansas brings visuals and promise
A Hays Daily News opinion notes western Kansas offers top wind energy potential with nine or ten developers scouting the state. It cites federal incentives, landowner gains leasing to turbines, and the Dodge City wind farm as signs that now is the moment to harvest wind energy amid a bleak wheat crop.
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Hays Daily News
Question on survey wording and political correctness
Two questions are posed with mixed wording and conflicting prompts. The respondent, Lark Speer, notes confusion and suggests rewording. The text critiques survey design and the persistence of the phrase under God in the country's founding.
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Lark Speer
Ruling on Pledge of Allegiance in Public Schools
The Ninth Circuit declared reciting the Pledge unconstitutional in public schools. The post questions whether the words under God violate the First Amendment and invites readers to vote yes or no while expressing strong opinions on faith and national origins.
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Buddha
Media coverage of Independence Day attack fears questioned
A reader asks if the Independence Day attack threat was exaggerated by media or appropriate given the circumstances. The respondent disagrees, saying coverage was blown out of proportion, while others note uncertainty about balance.
Viewpoints on Kansas politics and finances from Garden City
A reader in Ellis County argues about the Republican gubernatorial primary and Dave Kerr’s western Kansas claim while criticizing state tax spending. He discusses school funding, ConAgra and IBP plants, debt reduction, and Finney County’s 9th grade center pool debate with a note on a proposed water slide and a $8 million high school cost comparison.
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Dave Kerr
Senate
Hutchinson
Kansas
Colorado
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IBP
Garden City
Finney County
Pledge and Coin Debates Spur City Pool Plans
Letter writer argues against removing under God from the pledge and In God We Trust from coins, cites historic religious freedom, and urges the city commission to fix the Big Pool with minimal cost, suggesting an $8 million upgrade could fund a water park instead. Nancy Teetzen.
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Nancy Teetzen
Garden City
Democrats weigh war on terror as 2004 primaries loom
Democrats including Daschle Kerry Gore and Gephardt have stepped up criticism of the Bush administration s conduct of the war on terrorism while polls show primary voters favor scrutiny of policy. Analysts note primary dynamics push candidates to challenge the administration even as public support for the war remains strong.
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John Kerry
al Gore
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John Edwards
Connecticut
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Howard Dean
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Iowa
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Gore
Memphis
Tenn
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al-Qaida
America
Kerry
Tora Bora
Afghanistan
Daschle
bin Laden
Ari Fleischer
GOP
Whit Ayres
Matthew Dowd
Putin’s Kremlin reshapes politics as Communist hold fades
The Kremlin retools parties to build a pro-Putin majority in the Duma while the Communist bloc loses chairmanships and power. Putin faces caution over the Soviet past, courting reform while leveraging old state practices. The Budanov case highlights ongoing state tolerance for authoritarian tools.
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Gennady Seleznev
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Stalin
Moscow
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