Garden City airport advisory board at odds over direction
Garden City commissioners report complaints from some airport advisory board members, including but not naming Jim Douglass, about the board's direction. Some members spoke to The Telegram. others did not comment. While healthy disagreement is expected, officials consider disbanding the board but may instead urge all members to set aside personal issues and focus on the airport.
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Lawmakers clash over gang crime bill and youth impact
Rep Randy Forbes defends making gang attacks federal crimes promising stiff jail terms and deterring growth in gangs. Rep Nydia Velazquez argues the bill worsens youth violence by focusing on punishment over prevention. Nancy Reagan jokes about her career after a dinner video tribute.
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First Amendment text preserved in constitutional framing
The statement outlines the core protections of religion speech press assembly and petition in a concise constitutional framing. It lists establishment and free exercise clauses and asserts rights to speech press peaceful assembly and petition for redress of grievances.
Readers lash back at ag columns as comments flood inboxes
A veteran agribusiness columnist recalls readers’ letters and emails over 670 columns. He notes harsh, sometimes personal responses to his farm journalism, including insults about politics, “goggles,” and perceived bias. He highlights the toll of reader backlash and his own small farm background.
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Guebert
Dirty Harry
Presentist amnesia robs history of its lessons and debt
Victor Davis Hanson argues that modern society forgets the sacrifices of past generations and the sources of current prosperity. He denounces presentism, calls for reverence to forebears, and warns that ignoring history weakens civic humility and responsibility for future generations.
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Hoover Dam
Golden Gate Bridge
Adrift in a Sea of Troubles and Bush Critique
Charley Reese argues the Iraq war misled the public, citing 1585 U.S. deaths, 10,000+ wounded, a $300 billion cost, and a fragile interim government. He criticizes the president’s rhetoric, risk, and priorities, labeling Iraq a training ground for terrorists and calling for accountability and alternative policy. He signs off urging readers to write him in Orlando, Florida.
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