If newspapers die the truth dies with them
Leonard Pitts argues the public underestimates the loss when local papers disappear. He cites Pew data showing 63 percent would not miss their paper, then contends the decline damages accountability for mayors governors and local power brokers. He warns worse crimes may go unreported without local journalism.
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Kwame Kilpatrick
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Larry Craig
Idaho Statesman
U.S Senate
Reynaldo Diaz
Oscar Rivera
Miami Herald
Warner Bros
Pew Project
Pew
Kerry
Bush
Obama
McCain
Craig
Kilpatrick
CNN
Blagojevich
Diaz
Rivera
Freddie Pitts
Wilbert Lee
Gene Miller
Daily Paper
War lessons to learn from Iraq experience
The article reflects on the Iraq War six years after the 2003 invasion, noting flawed premises, misled expectations, and debates over “stay the course.” It weighs costs in lives and money, praises removing Saddam Hussein, and argues for clear goals and exit strategies to prevent future costly wars.
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Iraq
Bush
United States
Obama
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Obama jokes about bowling score on Tonight Show
President Barack Obama told Jay Leno his bowling score was 129 in a light remark that a spokesman said was not meant to insult the Special Olympics but to poke fun at his own bowling.
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Barack Obama
Jay Leno
Nova Scotia
State of
Kansas
Country Club
Wal-Mart
Campus Drive
Telegram
FEMA
Letters to the Editor Policy Do's and Limitations
The Telegram invites signed letters with address and phone for confirmation before publication. Letters are edited for libel and length and kept under 500 words. Thank you notes should be general. form letters poems or testimonials will not be printed.
The First Amendment Text
The excerpt presents the First Amendment clause prohibiting government establishment of religion and safeguarding free exercise speech press assembly and petition rights. It highlights core protections within the Bill of Rights and their role in limiting government action toward individual expression.
Flooding folly and by pass angst in Garden City
In a Telegram column John Dailey rails at floodplain fears, by pass politics, and federal meddling. He mocks zoning and dam talk, cites 1965 flood memory, and argues engineering faults at a city ditch while praising nostalgia and local business ties.
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ACLU
Federales
Garden City
Kansas Avenue
FEMA
Kansas Budget Dented by Federal Stimulus Funds
Kansas advances a 2010 budget balanced by the federal Recovery Act funds, avoiding early cuts but leaving long term questions. Governor Sebelius confirms billions in stimulus aid will fund Medicaid growth, education, SCHIP, and unemployment programs while mandating specific funding levels and policies through 2011.
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Kansas
Barack Obama
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Emerald City
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Miamiherald
Doonesbury
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League of Penny Pinchers
Colorado
Prez
Prince Obama
Highway 83
Memorial Stadium
John Dailey
Sandhill Books
Sandhill
Books
Gcnet
Gregory L. Schneider
Flint Hills Center For Public Policy
Greg.schneider
Flinthills.org
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