Editorial on Rock Chalk Park light pole controversy
The editorial questions why the Rock Chalk Park developer violated the city lighting agreement and explores how officials plan to respond. It criticizes rushed approvals, notes permits issued before a lighting plan, and highlights conflicts among Bliss Sports Kansas Athletics and KU Endowment. It warns of possible event limits and revenue implications as fallout.
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Rock Chalk Park
Lawrence
Kansas Athletics
KU Endowment Association
Recreation Park
Bliss Sports
City
KAEA
Enough is enough. Boycott Arizona by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Leonard Pitts Jr argues against anti gay rights laws and calls for a boycott of biased states. He cites Arizona and similar measures, urging resistance through economic pressure while defending religious conscience ends at public service. He invokes civil rights history and MLK to urge action and accountability.
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Arizona
Jan Brewer
U.S
Ohio
Mississippi
Idaho
South Dakota
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Kansas
John
Jan
Joe
Minneapolis-St. Paul
America
Canyon
California
Walt Disney World
Disney
Rocco
Chicago
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Press freedom under attack in FCC proposed study drawdown
Cal Thomas warns that FCC bid to survey how media outlets gather news targets conservatives and may chill press freedom. He cites university partners and critics, invoking Jefferson and RSF. The piece condemns perceived bias and argues intrusions threaten constitutional protections and press liberty.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Tom Wheeler
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center For Communication and Democracy
Annenberg School For Communication and Journalism
University of Southern California
Mignon Clyburn
James Clyburn
D-S.c
America
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay
Jefferson
Reporters Without Borders
United States
Haiti
Atlantic.com
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Obama
Bush
Cal Thomas
Tribune Content Agency
Lighten up urged in Lawrence letter to editor
Grant K. Goodman of Lawrence urges the editor to lighten up about Obama and so called crazies in Lawrence. He asks readers to relax and enjoy the 21st century in a stinging public forum letter.
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Obama
Lawrence
Grant K. Goodman
No Role Model Burroughs Speaks Against in Public Forum
A reader argues William Burroughs should not be honored citing addiction, murder in Mexico, alleged molestation, and controversial works. The letter decries his literary value and notes a park named after a sex offender, urging better community standards and public discourse.
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William Burroughs
Burroughs
Mexico
Morocco
Lynn Snowden Picket
Lawrence
Clark H. Coan
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