Crop hopes rise for western Kansas wheat farmers
Our View notes arid western Kansas faces a volatile wheat harvest due to drought and hail but holds out hope as test weights run 53 to 63 pounds per bushel. Gov and federal aid discussions continue while markets show potential with cash wheat above seven dollars per bushel.
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Garden City
Market pricing sparks station sales debate in Garden City
Online readers weigh in on gas price freedom while a Finney County emergency official notes stormy weather with strong winds and hail over the weekend, as reported in today’s Fort Hays area edition.
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Finney County
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Street kids of Herat tell Afghanistan’s texture through a 12 minute film
Jamim Abdullah, 19, Herat, Afghanistan, stars in a 12 minute film about street kids and daily life in a city with preppies and hunger. The documentary explores war’s aftermath, questions U S troop presence, and imagines alternatives like books and schools over bombs. Maria Hinojosa compiles related insights.
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Herat
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Seattle
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MyStreet Films
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Barack Obama
Anthony Weiner
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Redistricting Battle Shifts Kansas Political Power
Chapman Rockaway of Fort Hays State University weighs in as Kansas begins a contentious redrawing of state and federal legislative lines. The map fight centers on the state Senate with eastward power shifts, GOP control, and court oversight shaping plans through multi-step approvals and potential vetoes.
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Chapman Rockaway
Fort Hays State University
The dangerous power of fantasy and male appetite
An essay on fantasy’s grip on men, sexual obsession, and public sex scandals. It contrasts male and female responses, cites Jim McGreevey and cultural pressures, and notes film depictions in Lolita and Damage. It ends with a call for sanity and responsibility amid temptations and consequences.
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Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus
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Jeremy Irons
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