Editorial: You think borders are secure as ever
The piece argues lax security at U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico invites terrorism. It recounts Gregory Despres at Calais Maine crossing carrying weapons, later linked to brutal murders in New Brunswick. It questions screening standards, privacy rights, and calls for tighter background checks and stricter vigilance.
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Calais
Maine
Gregory Despres
United States
Despres
Minto
New Brunswick
Frederick Fulton
Fulton
Massachusetts
America
Homeland Security
Airport security mostly fails to improve safety say critics
Anne Applebaum argues that post 9 11 security spending has not yielded significant safety gains. She notes only 600 of 7 million intercepted items were firearms, costs near 5 5 billion yearly, and wasted time totaling about 32 billion annually. She endorses cockpit door bolstering over broad screening and questions value for money in TSA.
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Veronique de Rugy
Security
Federal Transportation Security Administration
FBI
de Rugy
TSA
Congress
Lawrence Daily World
Kansas
Kansas City
Summer Music and Art Camp Enrollment Tops KU
Kansas University saw a record 1176 students in the 1965 summer Music and Art Camp. Prof Russell Wiley, renowned band director, called the surge ecstatic as the program continued to grow and prosper.
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Kansas University
Russell Wiley
Public forum letter questions Kansas education board member
Sue Hess of Lawrence criticizes Connie Morris on the Kansas State Board of Education, condemning fundamentalist rhetoric and the idea that Earth is 5,000 years old. She urges open-minded inquiry and a more educated state board, questioning Morris's education and taxpayer-funded status.
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Kansas State Board of Education
God
Bush
State Board of Education
Ms. Morris
Sue Hess
Lawrence
Kansas Supreme Court ruling resists alcohol liability expansion
Attorney reflects on the Kansas Supreme Court decision not to broaden liability for alcohol distributors after drunken driving injuries. The author rebuts activist, liberal, and legislative overreach criticisms, noting a March 2004 argument, Chief Justice Kay McFarland's leadership, and the court's deference to the Legislature within separation of powers. Jeff Southard.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Kay McFarland
Jeff Southard
Lawrence
Taxpayer questions school funding and autism services in Kansas
Rebecca Dority of Eudora argues Kansas Supreme Court backed a tax increase hidden in school funding and questions where existing funds go. She calls for accountability, noting autism services for her two children and urging responsible spending rather than more money, with results she deems insufficient.
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Caiter
Kris Kobach
Mike Hoeflich
Kansas Supreme Court
Lawrence
Kansas
Rebecca Dority
Eudora
FAU football gets far more credit than its age justifies
Letter writer argues FAU is a strong academic university with limited football relevance and critiques journalist misplacing Boca Raton, noting the school’s 1964 founding and distant Miami area. The piece also praises Brendon Allen’s cancer fundraising coverage and mentions Phog Allen lineage. Letters policy details included.
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Chuck Woodling
Florida Atlantic
FAU
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