Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Larry Elder, Townhall.com

As to the signs held by and the slogans chanted by the "pro-Palestinian" protesters, switch out the words "Jew" or "Jewish" and insert the word "black." The nationwide George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests of the summer of 2020 would then look like a knitting circle.

President Joe Biden condemned "the antisemitic protests," but added, "I also condemn those who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians."

GUEST COLUMN, Ganon Evans, Kansas Policy Institute

On Monday, the Kansas Senate fell short of overturning Governor Kelly’s veto on HB 2306, a tax reform bill that initially passed unanimously in the House. Gov. Kelly has cited a $30 million difference between her plan and HB2306 as a reason for her veto, once again climbing the soapbox that any tax reform (that isn’t hers) is “irresponsible.” Yet, Gov. Kelly and a bipartisan group of legislators are more than willing to throw billions of dollars of taxpayer cash toward megacorporations and billionaire sports owners. There is apparently a strong consensus to the select few instead of providing tax relief to the majority of Kansans.

GUEST COLUMN, David Trabert, Kansas Policy Institute

A recent claim about collective bargaining by a Virginia teacher reminds me of a lesson used by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan to help fellow Democrats understand that there is no connection between school funding and student achievement.

Noting that northern states tended to have better outcomes, Moynihan, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, exclaimed, “If you want to improve your state’s math scores, move your state closer to the Canadian border!”

GUEST COLUMN, Glenn Brunkow, Kansas Farm Bureau

This past week I got to help with Pottawatomie County Farm Bureau’s Day on the Farm. Most of the schools in the county send their fourth-grade classes, and presenting at it is one of the highlights of my year. This year I got to talk about sheep, and I loved every minute of the day.

I was one of many volunteers including farmers, ranchers, law enforcement officers, extension agents, soil conservation representatives and many others who took time out of their day to share their slice of the agriculture pie with the students.