Flight plan to fund Wichita air service through lottery money
An editorial discusses using Kansas Lottery funds to subsidize Wichita flights, requiring a $4 million local match to boost low fares. It questions fare elasticity, potential dangers of funding smaller carriers, and the broader impact on central Kansas, urging careful targeting and proof the subsidies will lower costs and improve travel options.
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Wichita
Wichita-area
Ryan International Airlines
Wichita Mid-Continent
Kansas City International Airport
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Lawrence
KCI
Tulsa
Okla
Denver
Destruction of the Buddhas Sparks Global Outrage
A Taliban minister boasted that destroying the ancient Buddhas was easy, a claim met with stark global condemnation. The 1,500 year statues stood as a shared cultural heritage amid outrage from Iran, India, Germany, and others who called the act inhuman, satanic, or barbaric. The world united in shock at the deliberate demolition.
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Boston
Afghanistan
Arctic
ANWR battle mirrors Bamiyan statues in a world of oil push
Ellen Goodman argues against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. She frames ANWR as a last frontier and a shared natural heritage under threat from oil interests. She cites Prudhoe Bay spills, energy independence claims, and budget tricks, urging preservation over exploitation.
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Bamiyan
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Anwr
White House
Senate
Prudhoe Bay
Alabama
Maryland
Massachusetts
Expanding taxes and urban sprawl critique letter
In a letter to the editor Richard Heckler of Lawrence argues rising property taxes grow with urban sprawl. He claims expanding the tax base through growth raises costs for utilities, police, fire, and contractors, opposes the status quo, and urges voters to consider alternative solutions.
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Richard Heckler
Lawrence
Debating Merchant Alternatives in School Curriculum
A letter argues substituting The Merchant of Venice is not censorship and lobbies for careful selection of texts. It cites George Gurley’s critique of vulgar culture and notes anti semitic works remain in canon. The writer stresses empathy for Jewish students and recalls 32 years in Lawrence, facing societal prejudice.
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George Gurley
Phyllis Allen
MacBeth
Lawrence
Gurley
Public Forum letters weigh in on theatre impact and bypass plans
Readers critique the Merchant of Venice in schools amid perceived anti Jewish stereotyping and urge exploring other works. Others discuss Lawrence bypass options, preferring a northwest rail turnpike link to reduce 23rd Street congestion and questioning the southeast bypass, with letters detailing submission rules for the Journal World.
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Topeka
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Haskell
Mike Cuenca
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