FTC urges industry to market healthy foods to kids
The Federal Trade Commission proposes shifting marketing power toward healthier snacks to influence children. It notes high spending by food firms on sugary drinks and argues parents must be reached to curb childhood obesity with better school and home guidance.
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Letters to Editor Policy for The Telegram
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First Amendment Text on Religion and Speech
The article lists the First Amendment protections denying Congress power to establish religion, prohibit free exercise, or abridge speech or press. It also guards the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the Government for grievances, framing fundamental civil liberties.
Obama and McCain in Separate Universes of Public Perception
Column contrasts Obama’s star status with McCain’s steadiness, noting Obama’s Berlin spectacle and global tour invite admiration yet raise doubts about readiness. McCain’s contrasting grounded campaign and the public’s comfort with an experienced veteran emerge as voters weigh immediacy versus earned humility.
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Kansas energy future foresees wind and solar expansion
Ruth Douglas Miller of Kansas State University outlines a 20 year view where western Kansas hosts hundreds of wind farms along a north south corridor from near Goodland to Spearville, large solar plants concentrate in the southwest, and towns own wind turbines to cut electric costs. Gas plants back up wind and solar, coal imports may persist, and a possible eastern nuclear plant is suggested. Transportation shifts to biking, small hybrids, and electric cars with solar roofing.
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Gambling on a Roll and State Revenue
William A. Collins argues gambling is deeply rooted in culture and law, urging treatment and responsible regulation. He cites casinos and lotteries as revenue sources while criticizing marketing to low earners and moralist resistance, proposing public counseling booths and clear side effect warnings. Distributed by minutemanmedia.org.
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