Gambling ethics and revenue from Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City
Editorial notes from Ark Blakeslee at Dodge City Community College frame Boot Hill Casino as a revenue source for state and local government while warning of problems from problem gambling. Most patrons are older, with 2 percent of revenue funding treatment and prevention. The piece panels gambling as entertainment, not a money making plan, and cites no recent crime increases.
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Dodge City Community College
Boot Hill
Dodge City
Blakeslee
Hutchinson
Ford County
Kansas
Education seen as key in Afghanistan
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin interviews Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute, about building more than 151 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan to empower villagers. He stresses local buy in, elder shuras, and education as the path to stability, arguing against premature troop withdrawal and highlighting needs for funding and local ownership.
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Greg Mortenson
Pakistan
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Mortenson
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Tanzania
Sarfraz Khan
Badakshan
Hindu Kush Mountains
Central Asia Institute
Ikat.org
U.S
China
America
Kabul
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Old Home Town column ties bears veto to state politics
Montana asked to send grizzly bears to Kansas but the Kansas Fish and Game Commission refused, joking that bears are like state legislators—unpredictable, short-sighted, and not too destructive if handled. The note sits among a patchwork of 1910-era items about Roosevelt, a boy serving in Vietnam, and a ruined Lawrence glider.
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Kansas
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game Director
Florida
Vietnam
Walter Martin
Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence
America
Roosevelt
Melvern McCall
Ogden Jones
Frank Pryor
Langford honored for journalism efforts in Jayhawk area
Letter to the editor from Bob Basow in Lawrence praises Keith Langford for his Journal-World guest column about his journalism career. Basow thanks Langford, his fiancee, family, and teammates, noting the column inspires Jayhawk journalists and reflects on aspirations and disappointments.
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Keith Langford
Journal-World
Lawrence
Susanne Shaw
No gains claim on Lowe's taxes and jobs disputed
In Dolph Simons' Aug 28 column, he argues Lowe's would add sales and property tax revenues and jobs. The piece rebuts the view, noting Lawrence has finite demand for home improvement goods, taxes are passed to consumers, and new stores would merely divert sales from existing retailers, with retail jobs shrinking over time.
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Dolph Simons
Lowe’s
Lawrence
Planning take: Lowe's should not be allowed in city
Kirk McClure argues public forum that Lowe's would not raise long term tax base, only shift value and create blight. Retail space grew beyond demand, surplus hurts districts, so Planning Commission was right to stop Lowe's and the city should heed economic planning to absorb future growth responsibly.
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Lowe’s
City Commission
Kirk McClure
Lawrence
Krauthammer attack on democracy sparks letters policy critique
Reader letter criticizes Charles Krauthammer for advocating majoritarian democracy while defending minority rights. The piece cites Madison Rousseau and Dewey, argues for representative government and peaceful resolution, and outlines Journal-World letters submission rules and contact details.
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Charles Krauthammer
Journal-World
James Madison
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