23 June 2021

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Honoring a special orphan

Honoring a special orphan


by Patty Marsters pattym@lwsb.com Judie Jacobus spent the first weekend of June in Concordia, Kansas, at the annual Celebration of Orphan Train Riders. It’s an event that’s very special to her, as her father took the journey from New York to Ottawa, Kansas, to start a new life at just 2 years old. The so-called orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929 and were the precursor to the

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Menand looks at postwar culture

Menand looks at postwar culture


BOOK REVIEW “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War” by Louis Menand Nonfiction, April 2021 by Keith Ullrich LW contributor PulitzerPrize-winningscholar and critic Louis Menand (“The Metaphysical Club”) returns with “TheFreeWorld:ArtandThought in the Cold War,” a far-reaching book about the culture of post-World War II America. Menand shows how rapid changes in economic,