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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A fact-based response to Charlotte O’Hara on redistricting, leadership and party unity
Republican gubernatorial candidate Charolette O’Hara has made untruthful, deceptive and specious remarks lately directed at House Speaker Dan Hawkins and
29Jan 2026

Trump’s first year: Results over rhetoric
One year into his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump has delivered what supporters long argued was missing
25Jan 2026

Whose insurrection is this, anyway?
After the Biden–Harris Justice Department spent three years stretching the interpretation of “obstruction of an official proceeding” to hammer January
10Jan 2026

Reader: Quips don’t hide Kansas Reflector’s Dark Money questions
The Kansas Reflector’s Clay Wirestone’s attempt to caricature Senate President Ty Masterson says far more about the Reflector than it
26Dec 2025

Prairie Band Potawatomi picks criminals over law & order in ICE contract dust up
Tribal Chairman Joseph Rupnick addresses the firing of Prairie Band LLC staff over the ICE contract./Youtube capture The Prairie Band
15Dec 2025

To hurt Trump, media obscures “affordability”
Does the mainstream media hate Donald Trump enough to lie about the U.S. economy in order to damage Republicans’ chances
11Dec 2025

Kansas Department of Education dodges public questions on dumbing down standards
It’s not uncommon for education administrators to make easily debunked claims about student achievement or school finance from the safety
01Dec 2025

Marion newspaper gets cash, apology after illegal raid
Justice, it seems, some days is served. In a dramatic move unforeseen by many, county officials have agreed to pay
25Nov 2025

Don’t vote for the baby killer
The memorial at My Lai, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony comes to
10Nov 2025

Can “Mamdanishock” stop JOCO’s blue plague?
There should be nothing quite like watching the country's municipal crown jewel fall to the communists to put Republicans back
05Nov 2025