Our View on Fuel Savings Amid Katrina and Rita Fallout
The piece warns of higher energy costs due to Gulf Coast storm disruptions and urges conservation. It notes natural gas, heating oil, and propane price increases, calls for frugal energy use, and cites tips from the Department of Energy and Kansas State Extension. It stresses personal responsibility and likens conservation to voting as policy debates continue.
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Gulf Coast
National
Aftershock Panic in Muzaffarabad Forms Shelter Exodus
Eyewitness Nisar Abbasi recalls panic after a magnitude-7.6 quake devastated Muzaffarabad. Many residents fled tents as cries filled streets while relief efforts grapple with survivors.
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Nisar Abbasi
Muzaffarabad
Pakistan
Telegram invites signed letters to editor
The Telegram invites readers to send signed letters with address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Letters should be 500 words or less, with general thank you notes accepted. form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment text paragraph as guaranteed rights
The statement outlines that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. It prohibits prohibiting the free exercise of religion. It protects freedom of speech and of the press. It also shields the right of the people to gather peacefully and to petition the Government for redress of grievances.
Culture wars over a World Trade Center Freedom Center
A debate rages over New York Governor Pataki's rejection of an International Freedom Center near Ground Zero. Families of 9/11 victims, police and firefighters oppose politicizing the memorial, while elites push a universal agenda. The piece contrasts Hollywood portrayals, Abu Ghraib photos, and public outrage with the perspective of frontline workers and victims’ families, noting broader cultural clashes and political figures such as Hillary Clinton. Victor Davis Hanson adds scholarly context from the Hoover Institution.
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Elcome
New York
George Pataki
New World Trade Center
Ground Zero
Hollywood
U.S
Middle East
Abu Ghraib
WTC
International Freedom Center
America
FAA
Iraq
George Soros
ACLU
Freedom Center
Hillary Clinton
Poverty myths and the blame game in America
The author critiques media focus on poverty, arguing most poor people are poor due to choices and self-improvement efforts rather than systemic neglect. He cites education, libraries, work habits, money management, and personal responsibility, citing immigrants who built wealth through hard work while condemning excuses and government blame.
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Ince
Gulf Coast
America
Harrison Ford
Two sides in Garden City GCFD micromanagement debate
Alicia Kay defends Commissioner Crase against claims of excluding volunteer firefighters from a closed city commission session. She cites Randy Pratt and the improvement team, and flags misnaming Jeremiah Carpenter. Dee Schoenberger critiques a Telegram evolution article and urges balanced science education in Kansas.
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Erry Geier
City Commission
Geier
Crase
Commissioner Crase
Garden City Fire Department
GCFD
Randy Pratt
Garden City
Jeremiah Carpenter
Jeremy
Alicia Kay
State Board of Education
State Board
Greg Lassey
Kansas Science Writing Committee
Kansas State Board of Education
Kansas
Dee Schoenberger
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