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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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Poor, fat, expensive and dead: Why our food is Kansas’ biggest threat
The murder rate in the U.S. in 2023 was 5.7 per 100,000 people. The chance of being killed by a...
07Feb 2025
Sen. Tyson addresses Kansas priorities
The past week eyes were on Washington D.C. and the swift actions taken by our President. He has established a...
28Jan 2025
Where should filibusters go to die?
Jimmy Stewart engages an iconic filibuster in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" Americans love political simplicity. It is a yearning...
23Jan 2025
Retribution or accountability?
One of the first actions President Donald Trump took when he returned to the White House was to suspend security...
21Jan 2025
Kansas Reflector pouts over being banned from the statehouse floor – from the statehouse floor
Monty Python satirizes the obsession with "repression" in the classic 1975 comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" Straining for...
19Jan 2025
Monday’s New Era can’t come a moment too soon
Time, age and magnitude dictate that most of us can only remember a handful of true watershed moments for our...
17Jan 2025
Tell the untold story of J6
Detroit News Photo A friend of a friend sat across the table from Leslie Gray and said she and all...
15Jan 2025
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...
10Jan 2025
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...
06Jan 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....
06Jan 2025