Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Glenn Brunkow, Kansas Farm Bureau

Agriculture needs you. Maybe I should give you a little more background. There are people and groups who attack agriculture, and we need you to be an advocate to help our consumers better understand what we do.

I admit it is scary when you start looking into who we are up against. The money seems limitless; we will never outspend our opponents to get our message out. The people funding the assaults against agriculture are billionaires. We are also up against activist celebrities, and we will never be able to match their glitz and glamour. That is the bad news.

GUEST COLUMN, J. Basil Dannebohm

The frustrated populace, hoping for a “blue wave” at the midterms, will likely have to continue their collective lalochezia for the foreseeable future. As they face the lowest approval ratings in more than three decades, the only thing Democrats seem to agree on is their disdain for Donald Trump. But that alone won’t be enough to persuade independent voters.

“Over time, the increase in the percentage of independents has come more at the expense of Democrats than Republicans, which might be expected since Democrats were previously the largest political group,” Jeffrey Jones, Senior Editor for Gallup, observed.

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

In the past few weeks, Liberal has seen an increase in discussions about immigration. It’s good to have these conversations. Only by having a dialogue can we truly understand the challenges and the solutions.

Kathleen Alonso and her organization called New Frontiers has visited at the last two USD No. 480 School Board meetings.

I researched New Frontiers and found on its web site that it advocates to elect people who “look” like “our community.

Alonso responded to my column on the issue and felt I should have reached out to her.

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

Everyone will tell you that when you sell a book, you don’t get to pick the cover. I know this, and I am fine with it. I don’t know much about selling books, and my publisher does nothing but sell books, so I trust they would know what makes for a good cover. But I was flattered when they asked me for ideas about what I’d like on the cover of my book, and I knew right away: Emily Anderson.