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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 2006
Page
2
A reflective line attributes Orwell's observation on mismatch between real aims and declared goals. It notes the tendency to rely on pompous language and exhausted idioms as a signaling instinct when faced with such gaps. The quote frames language as a disguise for inner drift.
A Kansas House bill HB 2719 aims to close the executive session loophole by requiring taping of sessions. The measure, supported by the Kansas Press Association and The Ottawa Herald, faces lobbying resistance from cities counties and school boards. A committee vote is set for Tuesday. The bill would ante up tapes only when a closed discussion is challenged and kept in safekeeping for judicial review, improving accountability. Representatives Tom Holland Baldwin City and others are urged to back open government in this debate.
Kansas legislators weighed limits on funeral protests amid First Amendment concerns after a Topeka church picketed soldiers' funerals. Sen. Karin Brownlee urged a nonbinding resolution to condemn Phelps and distance Kansas from his views. The session also discussed corked wine bags for takeout, rail industry growth and salaries, and a Southeast of Saline High School weather broadcast program at the state capitol education fair.
Don Kaul analyzes the global anger sparked by Danish cartoons of Muhammad. He laments the modern clash between free speech and religious sensitivity, notes protests and embassy burnings, and questions Western leaders' willingness to publish. He criticizes selective hypocrisy and cites constitutional protections as vital.
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