Old Hometown Years Ago From The Her 70 ard of Freedom
A retrospective roundup cites 1855 commercial optimism for Lawrence Kansas with talk of river steamer arrivals, barrel flour, and prairie farming. includes 1875 grasshopper notes from the Republican Daily Journal and Daily Kansas Tribune about crop damage and cow nuisance, plus jail and ferry news. 1950 Lawrence Daily Journal World notes traffic signs near Liberty Memorial and plans for a KU science hall.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
Putin pressuring Trump to curb Ukraine war ends
Rich Lowry argues Trump uses a soft stance toward Vladimir Putin to avoid provoking him. The piece analyzes how Trump’s approach risks prolonging the conflict while urging tougher US measures to deter Russia’s gains.
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Ukraine
Vladimir Putin
West
U.S
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Russia
Oval Office
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Zelenskyy
Istanbul
NATO
Rich Lowry
King Features Syndicate
Manifest Destiny Reframed by a Real Estate Mogul
A syndicated columnist argues that Trump embodies a flawed strand of manifest destiny rooted in real estate expansion. The piece traces U.S. land angling from Washington through Lincoln and Ike, linking it to dispossession of Native peoples and broad continental ambitions, concluding with a sharp critique of Trump as history’s reductio ad absurdum.
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Donald Trump
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Virginia
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Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Jefferson
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France
United States
Andrew Jackson
Oklahoma
Jackson
James Polk
Tennessee
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mississippi River
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Dakota Territory
Frederick Jackson Turner
Dwight Eisenhower
Alaska
Hawaii
Robert Frost
Massachusetts
Jamie Stiehm
Creators
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Kremlin
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Kristi Noem
Leader
Nicky
Journal
WRLD
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Lawrence Journal-World
Chad Lawhorn
Kim Callahan
Allison Tait
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