Editorial: Kansas debate on classroom funding and back office costs
The governor and lawmakers challenge the claim that funds aren’t reaching the classroom while questioning their own definitions of classroom spending. The piece critiques vague assurances and notes back office costs, IT overruns, and the politics of preserving or cutting noninstructional programs as Kansas seeks a new K-12 funding formula.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Secular creationists and the rise of spontaneous order
Washington Post columnist George Will discusses Matt Ridley’s critique of secular creationists who favor top down government planning. He argues society advances via self organizing, bottom up change driven by imitation of successful institutions, with morality law and language evolving without central design.
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Washington
Don Boudreaux
Matt Ridley
Ridley
Sistine Chapel
Adam
God
Friedrich Hayek
Darwin
Leonard E. Read
Church of Government
Gutenberg
Adam Smith
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Post Office Seeks 25000 Dollar Addition in Lawrence
The Lawrence post office faced high Christmas season business and may gain extra space if Congressman Taggart secures a $25,000 appropriation in Congress for a north side addition. The new work room would handle sorting of outgoing mail.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence Post Office
Taggart
Congress
Lawrence
Candidates say the darnedest things
An op-ed roundup collects sharp, satirical quips from GOP figures and Democrats in 2016 race coverage. Boehner resignation, Christie, Trump, Bush, Clinton, Sanders, Huckabee, Carson are cited with controversial or comical quotes. The piece notes public misstatements and the political climate, ending with author contact and attribution.
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Washington
Art Linkletter
John Boehner
Boehner
New Jersey
Chris Christie
GOP
King Hussein
Jordan
Hussein
Donald Trump
Trump
U.S
Bernie Sanders
Vermont
Clinton
Arkansas
Mike Huckabee
National Guard
Huckabee
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Ben Carson
Joseph
Carson
Public Policy
Raleigh
N.C
Agrabah
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