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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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We can best save the world by dumping the U.N.
My view: the world would be a better place if the American support of the U.N. received the same treatment...
17Dec 2024

A few forgiving words about pardons
With all the falderal over Joe Biden's pardon of his son, the other Presidential pardons are just as interesting. ...
14Dec 2024

Now, free Derek Chauvin
Now that a New York Jury has proven that Justice still exists in The Big Apple with its exoneration of...
11Dec 2024

Feds will hold sway on eminent domain in massive Grain Belt Express transmission line
Midwest-Plains was one of ten energy transmission corridors (also referred to as NIETCs) designated by the Department of Energy on...
10Dec 2024

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...
10Dec 2024

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....
02Dec 2024

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