Lawrence City Weighs Names for Rock Chalk Park Recreation Center
Editorial praises city commissioners for not rubber stamping SportQuest a glossy moniker for the Rock Chalk Park recreation center. It notes consultants favored a marketing friendly term while locals seek names with Lawrence Kansas University ties or Ad Astra potential. The piece urges public input to craft a name with local meaning beyond generic marketing.
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SportQuest
Lawrence
Kansas University
Lawrence SportQuest
Rock Chalk Park
Rock Chalk
Commission
Sport
Putin’s covert tactics echo Cold War spy playbook
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius argues Putin uses covert action like Reagan era strategies, with unmarked troops and manipulated information in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. He parallels the approach to Poland and Nicaragua, urging Ukrainian nonviolent counterinsurgency and local unity to resist foreign meddling.
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Washington
NATO
Russia
Ukraine
Vladimir Putin
Crimea
Putin
KGB
America
Ronald Reagan
Soviet
U.S
Moscow
Reagan
Afghanistan
Nicaragua
Angola
Poland
Europe
Soviet Union
John Maguire
CIA
Central
Middle East
Maguire
Crimean
John Kerry
Kerry
Senate
United States
Solidarity
Catholic Church
John Paul II
Soviet Empire
West
Kiev
Kharkhiv
Donetsk
Iraq
East Germany
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
Kansas economy shown healthy by IKE indicators
Governor's Council of Economic Advisors says long-term trends in the Kansas economy are strong despite short-term critiques. From 2010 to 2013 Kansas regained 60,000 jobs, unemployment below 5 percent, and 15,469 new business filings in 2013, with per capita income and gross state product back above pre-recession highs.
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Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
Kansas
IKE
Kansas Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
IEE
Sam Brownback
Public Forum on voting shares based on taxes and wealth
A Letter to the Editor argues for an augmented voting system where each $1,000 in paid taxes grants an extra vote, claiming wealthier citizens are better informed and that markets outperform democracy. It cites historical figures and urges equal, but merit-weighted, influence, while outlining submission rules for public letters.
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George Baer
William Skepnek
Lawrence
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the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
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Scott Stanford
David Ignatius Davidignatius
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