Editorial: libraries face growing pains and funding gaps
The piece argues libraries nationwide contend with space, wiring, and funding limits amid rising demand for public internet access. It cites AP reporting on YouTube, online job applications, and homework sites driving computer use, while many libraries lack plans to add terminals and struggle to expand hours and materials.
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Associated Press
New York
YouTube
Lawrence
Kathleen Reif
St. Mary’s County
Leonardtown
American Library Association
America
Lawrence Public
Mukasey and the presidency’s residuum of powers
George Will questions whether Mukasey will curb sweeping executive claims. The piece surveys wartime powers, enemy combatants, signing statements, and limits Congress may impose, citing Truman, Clinton, Roosevelt, and Madison to flag risks to constitutional checks.
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Michael Mukasey
Bush
Mukasey
Senate
America
Jim Webb
Iraq
James Madison
Pukasey
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Truman
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
U.S
Korea
Charlie Savage
The
Boston Globe
United Nations Command
Clinton
Savage
Preservation vs. development in Lawrence soil debate
Judy Harrington applauds Liz Black's columns while a public forum letter argues for a president who inspires. Charles Novo Gradac critiques city planning and Horizon 2020 for lacking farmland preservation criteria as developers subdivide historic farmland and pave over productive soil.
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Liz Black
Judy Harrington
Lawrence
Charles Novo Gradac
Soil preservation and a historical soil gamble in Douglas County
The piece links Judson silt loam soil to a 140 year old farm site choice by Roger Pine, noting its rarity in the Douglas County Eudora Kimo group. It draws a parallel to Petraeus era Mosul policing, warning that insurgent ties and trust deficits jeopardize the surge and future U.S. presence, implicating Bush policy through historian William O. Scott.
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Airport
Roger Pine
Judson
Usda County
Eudora-Kimo Association
Douglas County
Pines
U.S
Iraq
William O. Scott
Lawrence
Lawrence Daily World
Standard Oil
Prof
Paul Cheney
Ottumwa
Iowa
Learner's Reflection on 9/11 Tragedy in Black Essay
Marilyn Roy comments on ElizabEth Black's moving 9/11 essay and its resonance with her own feelings. The letter praises the piece for capturing emotional depth beyond the shorthand 9/11 label and notes the need for ongoing reflection on the national psyche.
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Elizabeth Black
New York City
Ms. Black
Black
Marilyn Roy
Lawrence
Downtown redevelopment finalists named by four Wichita officials
Four Wichita city commissioners said they favored two top developers for a downtown redo, with Don Binns not fully ruling out a Texas firm. Officials interviewed three finalists for the redevelopment plan amid the ongoing decision process.
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Don Binns
Texas
Clark A. Ahlberg
Wichita State University
Joan Golden
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
LMH
R. Keith Lawton
Kansas University
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