Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Dr. Brian Hainline, US Tennis Association

Everyone knows that exercise is healthy, and that playing sports is one of the best -- and most enjoyable -- ways to maintain optimal weight, boost mental wellbeing, and improve strength, balance, and flexibility.

But what is the "healthiest" sport? Does it really matter which activity folks pick, so long as they're exercising?

GUEST COLUMN, Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal

Social media posts after the presidential election were abuzz about the disparity in the vote tally from 2020 to 2024.

Preliminary counts show President-elect Donald Trump with almost as many votes as he got in 2020, when he came up short in his reelection effort against Joe Biden. Trump appears to have 73.3 million votes now; in 2020, he won 74.2 million.

But Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have won about 12 million fewer votes than Biden did against Trump in 2020. Biden won 81.2 million votes in 2020; Harris so far has 69 million votes.

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

To anyone paying attention, there is no question that significant progress has been made in the City of Liberal, and credit must be given to the current Liberal City Commission and to previous City Manger Rusty Varnado.

There has been significant movement in terms of economic development, other public improvements have taken shape, and the interaction between the community and city government is at an all-time high in recent memory.

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

For a few weeks, we've been looking at the Messiah, and the role Judaism played in preparation for His coming. Jews made contact with Babylonians and others over centuries, as multitudes of people from Israel were taken captive and dispersed from their homeland. Later, Jews were exposed to Hellenistic [meaning the language and manner of the Greeks] tendencies. Despite the strength of Jewish religious and social background, it was impossible to escape the impact of Greek culture and thought. People across the known world, especially the more educated, spoke Greek, and even Romans who were in control were taken with Greek style.