Topeka (Feb. 3, 2025) – This morning, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall joined Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and Senator Caryn Tyson, who is Chair of […]
Earl Watt
Earl Watt is the owner and publisher of the Leader & Times in Liberal, Kansas. Watt started his career in journalism in 1991 at the Southwest Daily Times. During his career, the newspaper has won a total of 17 Sweepstakes awards from the Kansas Press Association for editorial content and 18 Sweepstakes awards for advertising. Watt has been recognized with more than 70 first place awards for writing in categories from sports and column to best front pages, best sports pages and best opinion pages. Watt is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and is the descendant of several patriots who fought for America's freedom and independence.
Retribution or accountability?
One of the first actions President Donald Trump took when he returned to the White House was to suspend security clearance for former national security […]
Lame duck periods need to be reduced to protect citizens
Joe Biden will not go gently into that good night. The lame duck president seems to be doing as much damage as he can before […]
New year, new beginnings if we are willing to own them
As we enter a new year with all the hope and promise it brings, we may visit some goals we want to accomplish in 2025. […]
No, Virginia, it is not the role of the media to ‘save’ democracy
In 1897, the “New York” Sun ran a column explaining to 8-year-old Virginia that there indeed was a Santa Claus. The famous column indicated that […]
Majority Leader Announces Chief of Staff
TOPEKA- House Majority Leader Chris Croft (R-Overland Park) today announced Dan Stanley will serve as his Chief of Staff. Stanley joins the Majority Leader’s office […]
Calls for pluralism honorable, but actual intent is far from it
Barack Obama has a poor track record in getting people elected, and yet he continues to lecture America on what we should be doing to […]
Biden and Trump agree, America’s justice system is not fair
I don’t fault President Joe Biden for pardoning his son Hunter. That’s why parents aren’t allowed to negotiate with terrorists. Parents would give away the […]
What was the real story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving?
It’s important to know the Puritans weren’t the first Europeans to celebrate Thanksgiving in the New World. The first Thanksgiving took place in May of […]
How did America fall behind on education?
It might come as a surprise to most Americans that the U.S. Department of Education did not exist until 1977, and it was created by […]