Sebelius urged to boost Kansas higher education leadership
Editorial urges Gov Kathleen Sebelius to appoint regents who monitor chancellor and university presidents more effectively. It notes her admission of governance by abstention and calls for immediate assessment of leadership quality at the Kansas Board of Regents, stressing merit over political favors. The piece argues for focused attention on universities, community colleges, and vocational schools to align with economic needs.
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Kansas City
Innovation America Initiative
National Governors Association
Sebelius
Missouri
Matt Blunt
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Dick Bond
Kathleen Sebelius
Middle East outlook amid anniversaries and instability
Trudy Rubin analyzes rising instability in the Middle East on the eve of two anniversaries, noting Iraq’s flawed post coup leadership under Nouri al Maliki, the 1967 Six Day War landmark, and the fragile Palestinian Authority. She argues that democratic dreams have weakened, sectarianism grows, and regional fragmentation fuels Islamist upsurge, urging careful diplomacy.
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Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki
Bush
Egypt
Israel
West Bank
Gaza
Palestinian Authority
Jordan
Syria
Baghdad
United States
Malki
Congress
White House
Maliki
U.S
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Traqis
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas
Fatah
Hamas
Ariel Sharon
Yitzhak Rabin
Jordan River
Mediterranean
Mideast
America
Lebanon
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Conservatism's case for freedom and responsibility
George Will argues that conservatism must explain why two parties exist and why the conservative path offers freedom with self reliance. The piece contrasts liberalism's push for equality of condition through government with conservatism's defense of limited state power and personal responsibility, stressing entitlement limits, market virtues, and prudent foreign policy.
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America
Liberal Party
Raven
Liberalis
Kennedy
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