Kansas Highways Face Taxed Progress in Election Year
The article argues Kansas must fund highway improvements, citing US-169 fatalities between Spring Hill and Osawatomie and contrasts with US-59. It notes political caution, tax cuts, and limited new programs under Gov. Graves, urging bolder action for roads and state infrastructure.
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Lawrence
Spring Hill
Osawatomie
Miami County
Kansas
Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves
Franklin Countians
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Cedar
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How the Good Guys Won and the Clinton Fallout
Column argues Nixon era contrasts with Clinton scandal, condemning Kenneth Starr while praising accountability but warning against elevating perpetrators. It critiques media pressure, role of sex life in politics, and the toxic atmosphere surrounding leadership scrutiny, urging focus on substantial issues. The piece notes Starr’s actions, Lewinsky and Lewinsky's attorney, McDougal, and the Dole deposition as context.
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Jimmy Breslin
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Cottage Industry Independent
Starr
Big Tobacco
Big Medicine
Big Money
Lewinsky
FBI
Susan McDougal
Whitewater
America
United States
Bob Dole
Kansas City
Dole
Phyllis Wells Smith
Ashington
Washington
Albania
Robert DeNiro
Hollywood
Dustin Hoffman
Oval Office
White House
Yasser Arafat
Pope
Cuba
Oprah
Texas
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Paula Jones
Gennifer Flowers
CNN Gallup
Cloning debates spark Carlin style road safety warnings
The Blade cites cloning talk urging four armed clones for driving to handle car controls and communications as driving becomes a moving office. It notes federal concern over new driver distractions, calls for research and possible restrictions, and references the role of government in managing in-vehicle electronics.
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Toledo
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Hutchinson Newson
Saline County
Kansas State Fairgrounds
John Carlin
Smolan
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Joan Finney
Hayden
Finney
Bill Graves
Salina
Linda
Graves
Allegation-dodging Clinton shatters Wag the Dog premise
The piece argues the Monica Lewinsky affair changed public reaction to Clinton, noting dropped approval and calls for facts. It contrasts real scandals with Wag the Dog fiction, cites Watergate parallels, and warns about information overload and media responsibility.
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Drudge
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