Editorial: Don't Give Up on Big 12 Yet
The piece argues for reforming how college athletics are funded and governed, urging universities to adopt spending caps and new revenue structures. It analyzes KU prospects for Big Ten or ACC invites, potential Pac-12 realignment, and a reimagined Big 12 with Texas and Oklahoma stayers and new members to form a durable, balanced league.
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Douglas Girod
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Oklahoma
Houston
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Masks Return and Public Debate on Covid Risks
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that the CDC guidance on indoor masking amid COVID hotspots signals a setback after recent gains. He criticizes vaccine skepticism, cites personal stories, and calls for coercive measures to protect public health, warning of renewed restrictions and unrest if needed.
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Lamonte Boyd
CBS News
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Lawrence Journal-World Mission Statement 1891
The Lawrence Journal-World outlines its core principles for reporting accuracy and fairness. It commits to separating editorial opinion from news, safeguarding citizens' rights, aiding the disadvantaged, exposing dishonesty, and supporting community improvements under leadership by Chad Lawhorn Kim Callahan and Allison Tait.
The Great Dissenter and the Colorblind Legacy
George Will reviews Peter S. Canellos The Great Dissenter about John Marshall Harlan, the 19th century justice whose Plessy v Ferguson dissent forewarned civil rights progress. The piece argues current equity campaigns retreat from colorblind equality, risking racialized favoritism and permanent dependency.
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Peter S. Canellos
John Marshall Harlan
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Harlan
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Law of the Land
Plessy
Biden Administration
John Roberts Jr
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