Editorial urges honesty over cover ups for public figures
The piece argues that no one is perfect and public figures, including Dan Rather, CBS, Richard Nixon, and Martha Stewart, should admit mistakes promptly. It compares past denials to better outcomes if honesty had prevailed, noting that the public forgives when contrition and clear explanations follow. It emphasizes that most Americans value candor and good faith.
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Dan Rather
CBS
Rather
George W. Bush
John Kerry
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Jake Martha Stewart
Stewart
Journal World Editorial Statement
The Journal World pledges accurate and fair news reporting with no mixing of opinion. It protects citizens' rights regardless of race creed or wealth and supports community improvements while exposing dishonesty in public affairs.
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JouRnal-World
Supreme Court politics and the looming appointments debate
Ellen Goodman weighs the theater of Supreme Court politics amid aging justices and the prospect of presidential influence. The piece notes eight of nine justices on Medicare, the years between confirmations, and how campaigns frame a court reshaped by ideology and elections.
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Boston
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
William Rehnquist
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Arizona
Nixon
Reagan
Bush
Rehnquist
Kerry
Stevens
Ralph Neal
People For the American Way
Scalia
David Souter
Thomas
Leon Holmes
Arkansas Right To Life
Arkansas District Court
William Pryor
Alabama
Jesus Christ
Pryor
Senate
Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
Haskell game eyed as Jayhawks cautious in 1904 clash
Lawrence Daily World reports October 5 1904 that the Kansas Jayhawks under Bert Kennedy fear a victory for Haskell in the upcoming October 6 football game. The Jayhawks reportedly lack key fitness, while Haskell is favored by some.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
U.S
Lawrence Daily World
Kansas Jayhawks
Haskell
Jayhawks
Bert Kennedy
Lloyd Morgan
University College
Bristol
University Hall
Robert Monroe
Territorial
Selig
Public Forum letters on KU name and policy views
A Kansas resident defends University of Kansas naming as the University of Kansas while critiquing a World Journal column. The page includes reader letters urging civic engagement on national policy, environmental care, and a call for thoughtful approach to government action, plus journal letters policy.
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Kansas University
Bill
World Journal
The
University of Kansas
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
Indiana University
World-Journal
Journal-World
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W.C. Simons
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Rob Curley
New Media
Richard Brack
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
AN Bonner
Lewis
Ed Ciambrone
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Ralph Gage
Vanity Fair
White House
People
American Way
Bush-Cheney
Christian Coalition
U.S. Supreme Court
Clint Bolick
Ellengoodman
Lobe.com
Old Home Town
Kansiensis Universitatis
Universitatis Kansiensis
Greg Simpson
Lawrence Free Methodist Church
Robin Jacobsen
United States
Les Brevins
Ljworld.com
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