We were at a Kansas wildlife managers’ meeting and our keynote speaker was Gov. Mike Hayden, who actually has a degree in wildlife management. I’m pretty sure that someone asked the governor why he went into politics instead of just enjoying his work as a wildlife manager. His answer sticks with me to this day.
Like it or not, Kansas must redraw its congressional district lines. The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Andrew Bahl reports four proposals were introduced in the House Redistricting Committee, two by Republicans, one by Democrats and a fourth by the League of Women Voters.
“When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
My wife and I observed the King birthday holiday this week by zooming in to the “Whose Dream Is It?” event provided by the Topeka Center for Peace and Justice and co-sponsored by Living the Dream Inc. and The Brown V. Board National Historic Site. We extend our appreciation to all of those who worked together to make this fine presentation for our community as an opportunity to remember the legacy of Dr. King.
Nicholas Sandmann and Kyle Rittenhouse are two American teenagers who fate propelled into circumstances beyond their years, yet both acted with a maturity and restraint under intense pressure that highly trained adults have often mishandled.
Dear Annie: I spent my early childhood years with a loving foster family, and today, at age 75, I have a great relationship with my foster brother. I lived with my biological family from age 7 until I left for college.
Let me begin with an apology. I realize readers might view what I’ve written as hurtful. And they might see my ideas as unnecessarily divisive. That’s what the student editor of the Emory Law Journal called an essay by University of San Diego law professor Larry Alexander, a self-described conservative who rejects the prevailing academic consensus around race. Most scholars attribute high rates of poverty and incarceration among African Americans to racism, pointing especially to the continued effects of slavery and legalized segregation. But Alexander blames these problems on the dissolution of two-parent Black families, which he roots in Great Society welfare programs.
Over the course of the past two years, as COVID-19 violently extinguished nearly 850,000 American lives, I’ve read about the strain the pandemic has placed on our doctors and nurses. But I did not fully appreciate the fraying rope that is our health care system until last month, when both my elderly parents got COVID-19.
The recent Biden-Harris Maternal Health Day of Action focused the nation’s attention on shameful and inexcusable facts about the health and survival of our mothers. Not only is America’s overall maternal mortality rate the highest among wealthy nations, death occurs more than twice as often for Black, American Indian and Alaska Native women.
Creativity and flexibility, especially amid a pandemic, have become the name of the game when it comes to learning. Along with traditional in-person school, there now exists hybrid learning, homeschooling, alternative schools, virtual online education or any mix of those combined.