Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Pat Proctor, Chariman, Kansas House Elections Committee

On March 25, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14248, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over election security. And, not surprisingly, nearly as soon as he signed the order, Democrats sued to stop him from implementing it.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Reita Isaacs, Liberal

On June 24 I had a list of 12 “natural disasters” occurring spontaneously around the world including earthquakes, fires, floods, landslides, volcanoes, powerful winter storms (Australia), and violent, destructive winds. Coincidence? Each is/was catastrophic on its own.

Before the “flash-flood” in Kerville, Texas, from the Guadalupe River, I had already read about the state of Florida suing to shut down cloud-seeding from a company called Rainmaker.

Right now a few raging floods including Ruidoso, Sallisaw, North Carolina, Chicago, and Albuquerque.

GUEST COLUMN, Star Parker

Hardline Republicans — specifically those members of the House Freedom Caucus — are being derided in the press, as if they’ve been playing some kind of a game.

That is, threatening to not vote for the One Big Beautiful Bill, when, supposedly, everyone knew, in the end, they would cave and vote for it.

But the derision badly misses the key point.

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

The New Testament uses metaphors to describe a gathering of believers, including a family, a body, a vine and branches, and a spiritual house built of living stones. It's no longer possible to see Jesus, but those who are His followers are visible while working together, and Christ can be seen in each. We may have family members who drive us crazy, but in our family we are to develop working relationships. The key is acknowledging Jesus Christ as the head, as Paul mentions in Colossians 1:8.