Public school funding under Kansas budget pressure
In Garden City lawmakers discussed education cuts, noting that education and economic development go hand in hand. The piece urges reversing cuts to K 12 funding, citing impacts on Garden City USD 457 and urging tax exemption reforms to boost state revenue.
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Larry Powell
Garden City
Kansas
Powell
Garden City Community College
Senate
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Morris
Open seat fill sparks board election questions
Online readers question the idea of appointing a retiring board member to fill an open Garden City USD 457 seat. Comments note controversy over bypass noise and event center plans, quoting Tina Burgardt, Drainage District No. 2 chairwoman, in today’s local coverage.
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Gctelegram.com
Garden City
Tina Burgardt
Drainage District No. 2
Letters Policy from Garden City Telegram
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Garden City
Lieberman asked to pass on Beck Israel rally plan
Yedioth Ahronoth reported Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann would join Joe Lieberman at Glenn Beck's rally in Israel. The claim proved largely false as all three candidates denied plans, while Lieberman signaled possible participation but offered no firm commitment. The column notes Beck's anti semitic rhetoric and the controversy surrounding his gathering in Jerusalem and its implications for Lieberman's legacy.
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Yedioth Ahronoth
Mitt Romney
Newt Gingrich
Michele Bachmann
Joe Lieberman
I-Conn
Glenn Beck
Israel
Beck
Fox News
Lieberman
Felicia Sonmez
Capitol
America
Tadmire Lieberman
Senate
New Haven
George Soros
Eisenhower
Jesus
Fox
United Nations
Holy Land
Ezekiel
Jerusalem
Hell
AIPAC
Joe
Novel approach to government vows novelists in Senate
John Feffer argues for a fresh Senate dynamic, praising Sen. Jim Webb for challenging official narratives on Libya Afghanistan and Asia policy. Webb’s stance contrasts with Obama administration positions as Gates prepares to exit, urging faster Afghan withdrawal and a broader rethink of U.S. military strategy and budget priorities.
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Senate
Jim Webb
Webb
Virginia
Afghanistan
Libya
Bob Corker
R-Tn
Barack Obama
U.S
Congress
Obama
Legislative Branch
Asia
Carl Levin
McCain
R-Az
Okinawa
Guam
Government Accountability Office
Pakistan
United States
Defense
Robert Gates
Pentagon
Gates
National memory fades as history education declines
The piece laments poor knowledge of the Declaration of Independence among students and cites NAEP results showing only 35 percent of fourth graders proficient in history. It argues strong patriotic history taught after the Civil War waned, replaced by social history and multiculturalism, eroding national identity. It quotes Ravitch and Lowenthal on heritage and memory.
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North Korea
China
Diane Ravitch
Samuel Huntington
Merle Curti
Europe
Huntington
Sybil Ludington
Paul Revere
Ravitch
David Lowenthal
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