Editorial on youth violence and school safety trends
The piece laments rising school violence in Littleton Minnesota Riverton Kansas and Red Lake and notes Internet Myspace influence and media micro events. It argues anger fear and frustration over safety gaps calls for firm accountability and better prevention while warning more tragedies may follow without action.
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Dos Passos and the duel fronts of freedom
David Shribman argues Dos Passos’s Farewell to Europe illuminates the tension between industrial power and individual liberty across eras. He frames the modern War on Terror as both a foreign struggle and a domestic liberty test, urging renewed national security while preserving Jeffersonian and Rooseveltian freedoms.
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Nuclear war talk and dam power debate letter to editor
A reader lambasts President Bush for threatening Iran with nuclear options, likening it to a parent beating a child and urging Congress to push for diplomacy over force. Another reader criticizes the Bowersock Dam energy deal as a public resource being exploited for profits, calling for fair compensation and public benefit.
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Caring Staff Kudos to Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Karen Anderson and John Troutman express gratitude for Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Kansas for the care of a sister-in-law diagnosed with breast and bone cancer. They note excellent ER care, 3rd floor nursing and palliative teams, chaplain Angela, and considerate accommodations allowing family presence and a supportive, person centered approach amid her final days.
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Engle named to second Columbia flight commander
Old Home Town in 1981 notes Col Joe Engle KU graduate returning to campus as commander for the second space shuttle Columbia flight. Engle, the son’s quick remark, flew the shuttle that circled the globe 36 times and landed in California.
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Letters Policy for The Journal World Readers
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