Nursing homes celebrate National Nursing Home Week regionally
Our View notes the community observance across area facilities with resident and staff celebrations. It contrasts the positive effort to improve care with proposals to curb evidence of past inspections, urging Kansas legislation to strengthen accountability and quality in nursing homes.
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
Michael McCormick
Kansas
Global leaders address Iraq, economy, and media errors
Condoleezza Rice visits Baghdad stressing Iraqi expectations and governance. Greenspan speaks at Wharton on material success without exploitation. Newsweek editor Whitaker apologizes for a story error about abuse at Guantanamo deterring protests in Afghanistan.
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Telegram invites signed letters to editor with contact details
The Telegram requests signed letters to the editor with the writer’s address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and are subject to editing for libel and length. Thank you notes should be general. form letters and testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment Text and Core Freedoms
The First Amendment declares Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or abridging the free exercise of religion or speech or the press. It protects the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Evolution debate looms in Kansas board elections
Kansas voters will hear a fierce clash over evolution as five State Board of Education members face re election in 2006. Moderates push for science based standards, while conservatives back intelligent design language. Groups like Kansas Citizens for Science vow to keep evolution in the spotlight.
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United States
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Citizens For Science
Ethnic politics in US mayoral races span eras and cities
The piece traces how ethnic blocs shaped New York and Los Angeles mayoral contests from Grace to La Guardia and to Ferrer and Villaraigosa. It notes Ferrer’s two New Yorks strategy, Villaraigosa’s cautious approach, and how both campaigns navigated black and Latino votes, with a Miami fundraising trip and a police-group gaffe cited as turning points.
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William R. Grace
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Spring miscellany spans potpourri to hunger notes
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Washington, D.C
Truman Capote
New Yorker
Charles Shields
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