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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 2011
Page
7
Editorial lauds city road and sanitation crews after eight inches of blowing snow on Tuesday. By midmorning major and many secondary streets were passable and trash trucks operated on unplowed residential streets, with neighbors helping neighbors in the cold.
The Kansas Board of Regents report $876 million in deferred maintenance at state universities while approving new projects like KU Library Annex expansion for 4 million funded privately. Critics question whether maintenance funds will follow future upkeep, or if new buildings worsen the maintenance burden and neglect existing structures. Regents chairman Gary Sherrer notes routine maintenance grows pricier when delayed.
George Will surveys Rick Santorum's 1994 Senate win and 2012 presidential ambitions, arguing his strength lies in social issue leadership. The article notes his exacting moral framing, media presence on Fox, and family life including Bella's Trisomy 18, shaping a candidacy built on values voters and economic issues reframed as morality.
Mike Hoeflich, KU Law professor, writes about a Kansas snowstorm and compares modern life to a century ago. He notes peaceful rural scenes, plowing, and the shift from horses to cars, while acknowledging comforts he would not abandon. He remains content to stay home reading and writing.
Public forum voice criticizes attorney Kris Kobach for calling the Southern Poverty Law Center a left-wing smear organization. The writer argues SPLC counters homegrown bigotry and terrorism and rejects political labels. The letter cites neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan attacks on SPLC and claims Kobach joins a hate-group lineup.
In the Pulse section Jan 30, Elizabeth Schultz notes Lawrence houses multiple writing journals. She highlights Cottonwood Review at Kansas University, Brian Daldolph's Coal City, Gary Lechlster's I-70, and the Imagination & Place annual anthology. The piece praises Lawrence’s literary culture tied to Langston Hughes era.
The Journal World invites public interest letters under 250 words and asks contributors to avoid libelous language. The paper may edit letters without altering viewpoints and seeks name address and phone number for submission by mail to Box 888 Lawrence KS 66044 or by email to letters at ljworld.com.
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