Opinion Archive
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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Kansas: less college, more education
In Kansas, the pundits who watch such things are wringing their hands over the State Board of Regents' annual enrollment...
26Mar 2024

If life matters, DEI needs to be rejected
You’re a world-renown scientist on the verge of curing cancer. You’re pursuing a grant from the National Institute of Health...
24Mar 2024

No more free federal money for junk food
A bill in the Kansas Legislature would bar use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, better known as Food...
23Mar 2024

Freedom of speech was designed to hamstring government
The Founders were no fan of government, and yet they created perhaps the best form of government ever conceived by...
22Mar 2024

How much power over Kansas ratepayers does Evergy need?
Can I ask you to do one thing today?Contact your Kansas House Member and ask them to vote "No" on...
18Mar 2024

What is better than what we have?
Kayla Aliese Carter was hired to be the Racial Equity Officer for College Park, Maryland, and she has a solution for...
13Mar 2024

Laura Kelly’s biggest priority
Is it skyrocketing inflation in the cost of food and consumer goods and huge increases in the cost of housing?...
12Mar 2024

The real question is: What is the government’s fair share?
We all prefer someone else better off to take care of the burden of government. We know we need government,...
08Mar 2024

The Thane of Cawdor
In my high school days, circa 1964, our drama class staged MacBeth. It was daunting. It’s always dangerous to arm...
06Mar 2024

Why vote in primary when we already know the outcome?
Don’t forget to vote in the presidential preference primary election. Advance voting is already underway. Election day will be Tuesday,...
04Mar 2024