Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, J. Basil Dannebohm

Lately I’ve been receiving letters from readers urging me to weigh in on a rumor that on April 20, Mr. Trump will enact Martial Law. Experience has taught me that much like worrying, speculating on rumors is generally a poor use of one’s time. If recent days have proven anything, it’s that the president is going to do whatever suits his mood at that moment, and the action will be met with little to no resistance from either the left or the right. Which begs the question: If he does invoke Martial Law, what can any of us do about it?

RYCKMAN RECAP, Ron Ryckman, 38th District Senator

The final — Week 12 — of the 2025 Legislature was called our “Veto Session” for a reason: the Senate overrode 15 of the bills rejected by the Governor, along with 33 line-items removed from the budget — a combined total of 48 — in a 24-hour period alone, during the process setting some sort of single day record.

In between Caucuses and Floor action, we also squeezed in a Judiciary hearing on confirmation of an appointment and returned to approve more than a dozen remaining conference reports. The House — for its part — only managed to restore half of the stricken budget sections, but still, it was not a good couple of days for the chief of the Executive Branch. As the most veto-issuing and overridden governor in the past 50 years, even some who had helped her get elected were starting to wonder whether this “middle of the road” business to which she subscribes is all it was cracked up to be. As one observer jokingly remarked, “Isn’t that where all the accidents happen?”

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

Much like a number of economic proposals that have blown in and out of Seward County, wind turbines are now the hottest topic.

Most remember the corporate hog farming issue that was proposed about 30 years ago. On the surface it seemed like a great idea, pone that would have brought about 1,500 employees to Liberal in the form of a pork processing plant. 

A no brainer, right?

Not so fast.

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

The note from Marci was in Spanish, so I translated it to make sure I understood.

“Sorry to bother you, but I wanted to see if you could help us share this photo of a dog to see if anyone could adopt her. Her owner just passed away, and she was thrown out onto the street.”

The dog’s name was Muneca, which means “doll” in Spanish. Marci attached a photo of a dog with very long ears lying on the ground. Marci added, “She’s a very good dog.”