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Opinion
Argument, dissent, and civic proposals from Kansans who’ve thought hard about the state and are willing to sign their names to it.
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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...
26Nov 2024

Did Kansans elect a governor, or a lobbyist?
The other day when I was combing through the text of the Kansas Constitution, as I often do on my time off,...
20Nov 2024

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,...
18Nov 2024

Crying wolf was rejected by the voters
Credibility is the heart and soul of journalism. If we don’t get it right, people will not be able to...
14Nov 2024

Timing of farmland swallowing Kansas-to-Indiana electric line smacks of an insider deal
Why does Invenergy want the Midwest-Plains Corridor so badly? On May 8. 2024, the Department of Energy announced a list...
10Nov 2024

‘Twas lies undid the Democrats
The election landscape from Tuesday night echoes a simple yet resounding refrain; that you can only pour mocha latte down...
07Nov 2024

Save America – Vote Trump
What am I missing here? Why is this presidential race even supposedly close? Will anyone look back on the last...
31Oct 2024

Oops, I voted for Hitler…again
How could I have been fooled? I’ve kept the flag of Israel on my newspaper’s Facebook page since Oct. 7;...
30Oct 2024

Pick Schmidt for the U.S. House
If not for some ham-headed Republicans in Kansas who care more about winning an argument than they do winning elections,...
26Oct 2024

Here’s why they don’t want you to see “REAGAN”
Ronald Reagan has been out of office 35 years and dead for 20, yet he still scares the daylights out...
24Oct 2024