Editorial calls for restoring KU MU football to campus venues
The piece argues the new athletic director should publicly support moving the Kansas Kansas State Missouri football rivalry back to KU Memorial Stadium and Missouri Faurot Field. It notes Arrowhead Stadium plans, economic benefits for Lawrence and Kansas City, and says KU officials have drifted from the Lawrence community while signaling a campus return would honor local merchants and fan support.
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Bubba Cunningham
University of Tulsa
Kansas City
Arrowhead
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas
Missouri
Memorial Stadium
Columbia
Chiefs
AD Lew Perkins
Robert Hemenway
Arrowhead Stadium
Lawrence
Ku-Mu
Sprint Center
Lawrence Merchants
Faurot Field
Wealthy win politics as campaigns grow costly
Andrew Trees argues that campaign money now shapes U.S. politics like colonial bumbo, citing wealthier lawmakers, self funded candidates, and rising after tax income gaps. He recalls John Adams and warns of aristocratic despotism as election spending swells from local to national races.
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George Washington
Virginia House of Burgesses
Center For Responsive Politics
Congress
Senate
America
Meg Whitman
California
Rick Scott
Florida
Michael Bloomberg
New York
Mitt Romney
Hillary Rodham Clinton
John Adams
Adams
Congressional Budget Office
Andrew Trees
Tax code debate tangled in rhetoric and reform hopes
Cal Thomas argues the tax code is needlessly complex and driven by partisan pork. He defends lowering rates and broadening the base, criticizes the 55 percent estate tax proposal, and urges Republicans to wait for a better, clearer deal that the public can understand.
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Rosetta Stone
Washington
Wall Street Journal
Congress
America
Bernie Sanders
I-Vt
Obama
Congressional Republican
Sanders
Washington Post
Barack Obama
U.S
NPR News
Treasury
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Public Forum on Kansas Budget Proposals Sparks Debate
A public letter criticizes Kansas budget plans by the new director and Americans for Prosperity. It argues Medicaid cuts target the sick and proposes vouchers, higher tuition, and favors for affluent families, warning against demagoguery and erosion of public services.
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Kansas
Americans For Prosperity
journal-World
Steve Anderson
Mark Reaney
Lawrence
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Haskell Institute
Fiske
Haskell
House
Lawrence Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Ann Gardner
Chris Bell
Caroline Trowbridge
Ed Ciambrone
Edwin Rothrock
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Suzanne Schlicht
Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
Ralph Gage
By Andrew Trees
Los Angeles Times
TAN Chronicle
Cal Thomas Tmsedi
Hune
Ijworld.com
Leonard Pitts Jr
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