Opinion

OPINION – The Journey: waiting in God’s presence

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

Last week we reviewed Exodus chapters 32 and 33, where Moses interceded three times for the children of Israel. First, he pleaded for God to spare them; then he asked for forgiveness on their behalf; and finally his prayer was for God's presence to accompany them to the Promised Land. He yearned to be there, but realized that God's presence was essential - without Him, it would be just another place. A modern songwriter captures the thought with the lyrics, "You're my promised land". Had the Israelites grasped this, their journey would not have lasted for forty years.

OPINION – Are the claims about devil worship in DC true?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Reita Isaacs, Liberal

It’s been several weeks since you’ve heard from me as there’s been so much out-of-town company, along with me occasionally being absent; but today I’m approaching a subject that can either open your mind, accept what is proven, deny everything as impossible, or see this as an opportunity to make some changes of your own.

Over the past few years I’ve heard things, listened to interviews, and read reports of true journalist-reporters. Look into “The Franklin Coverup” by John W DeCamp.

OPINION – Walk or ride

GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau

It’s hard to see a yellow school bus and not think about all the hours of my childhood spent sitting on one of those hard seats with a stiff back. I hope the modern versions have a little more comfort than the utilitarian transportation I had to ride uphill both ways.

From the outside, they don’t look much different now that the calendar has turned to September and the wheels on the buses are going around and around every day.

OPINION – There’s a reason Dear Leader ‘loves the poorly educated’

GUEST COLUMN, J. Basil Dannebohm

I used to think the backbone of America ran right down the middle — from the Dakotas to Texas. Sadly, if recent events have taught me anything, it’s that red states are spineless. The obsequious manner in which conservative voters capitulate to an untelegenic mountebank is either cultism, cowardice, or a combination of the two. It’s certainly not the backbone that built our great nation.

It’s important to bear in mind these are the same gullible saps who thought the arrival of a Dollar General in their communities would save Main Street rather than eviscerate the local economy entirely. They’re notorious for supporting flimflammers who delight in hoodwinking them.

OPINION – Social media just might be the end of society as we know it

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

There’s no doubt that I’ve made a post or two on social media I should have edited.

We’ve all said or done something that we’ve regretted, but social media makes it so much easier.

I have debates online with those who see the world differently than I see it, and I don’t have a problem conversing with the other minded.

But it can become fatiguing to constantly rehash the same old issues over and over again, and that can sometimes lead to a comment that isn’t as kind as it should be.