Debate over public access to concealed carry permit records in Kansas
Editorial urges veto of a bill that would close all information about concealed carry permit applicants in Kansas. It argues public access ensures oversight, questions open records practices in other states, and calls for full debate in January to determine the best approach to transparency or secrecy in the permit process.
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Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Press Assn
House
Senate
Candy Ruff
D-Leavenworth
Phil Journey
Gas stoves spark changed view on cooking in 1906
The Lawrence Daily World notes how gas powered stoves cooler cooking appeals, a housewife recalling a shift from coal ranges. Prof Carruth of KU urges a women’s dormitory and campus buildings while federal probes delay release of three Texas fishermen captured by a Mexican gunboat.
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Carruth
KU Long
Federation of Women's Club
Texas
Mexico
Lawrence Daily World
McCain and the First Amendment in campaign talk
George Will analyzes John McCain’s Imus remarks on campaign finance and free speech, arguing McCain links “clean government” to tighter limits on political spending while disparaging First Amendment rights. The piece questions whether a McCain presidency would honor the Constitution as written or redefine it to curb speech in pursuit of reform.
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Washington
Congress
Don Imus
John McCain
McCain
Imus
Bob Bauer
Dennis Hastert
House
Supreme Court
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
G-8 demands on Russia amid Open Russia crackdown
Trina Yasina describes the Open Russia Foundation’s shutdown by the Kremlin, two payroll staff, and asset liquidation fears as Russia tightens control over civil society. The piece argues G-8 should press Moscow on NGO laws and energy politics while Putin seeks European legitimacy and warns against allowing oil riches to buy membership.
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Trina Yasina
Open Russia Foundation
St. Petersburg
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Europe
Putin
Dick Cheney
Lithuania
Kremlin
Cheney
America
Abu Ghraib
Guantanamo
Iran
Ukraine
Yasina
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Khodorkovsky
Siberian
Bush
Open
Trudy Rubin
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Dan Cox
World Online
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AL Bonner
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