Ottawa middle school buildings fate under board hearing scrutiny
John D Montgomery argues the Ottawa school board should focus on the buildings rather than students as judges oversee a hearing on demolishing the former middle school. He notes a historic preservation challenge and a 4:30 p.m. January 28 City Hall session amid concerns of bias and process legitimacy.
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Cheryl Sylvester
Franklin County District Court
James Smith
Ottawa City Commission
City Hall
Board of Education
John D. Montgomery
Reader Forum invites signed submissions with contact details
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the Reader Forum. All submissions must be hand signed and include the author's address and telephone number. Submissions should be no longer than 500 words.
John Steuart Curry Exhibit Sheds Light on Kansas Confidence
Kansas City readers are reminded of rubophobia and the work of John Steuart Curry, a Kansas native whose 20th century Regionalist murals explore rural life and state pride. The Nelson-Atkins hosts Curry with Curry’s “Inventing the Middle West” through January 3, pairing Kansas history with regional identity. David S. Awbrey notes Kansas’s lingering self-doubt and urges appreciation of local art and heritage.
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Kansas City
Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art
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Coosje van Bruggen
Nelson-Atkins
Europe
New York
John Steuart Curry
Kansas
Kansas City Art Institute
Middle West
Curry
Iowa
Grant Wood
Missouri
Thomas Hart Benton
America
Jefferson County
State Capitol
Topeka
John Brown
New York City
Whitney Museum of American Art
David S. Awbrey
Kansas Press Association
Education leaving boys out of the equation survey of gender trends
Kathleen Parker reviews rising college enrollment of women over men, noting 1996 figures of 8.4 million women to 6.7 million men in college and projections to 2007 of 9.2 million women versus 6.9 million men. She critiques AAUW driven gender equity narratives, links to high school performance, and cites higher dropout and risk rates for boys.
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American Association of University Women
AAUW
America
Wellesley College Center For Research On
Christina Hoff Sommers
Congress
Wellesley
Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Kparkerl
Mindspring
No Apologies for World War II Reflections
A controversial veteran opines that nations bear shared blame for World War II, denounces apologies to Japan and China as profit-driven, and argues that victory narratives distort history. He defends Japanese and Allied actions, questions casualty figures, and urges maintenance of national memory without guilt.
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Japan
Germany
Nanking
Tokyo
China
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