Opinion

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

This week we're moving to a new topic, an overview from the Book of Revelation. The focus will still be on Jesus and how He is available to help through any tribulations that come to our world.

A question to begin with is, where do we place our values, and what or whom do we worship? Chapters 13 and 14 discuss worship and rulers. Two reigns are depicted in these passages, the reign of the beast, and the reign of the Lamb. Many generations have experienced an age of antichrist, but there will come a worldwide happening when a final "antichrist" appears.

GUEST COLUMN, Tracey Mann, Big First Representative

Last week, I completed my fourth annual 60-county Mann Listening Tour. Each year that I have served in Congress, I have hosted at least one town hall in every county of the Big First District. If an issue matters to Kansan, it matters to me, and those of you who show up to my town halls give me valuable insights to best serve you in Congress.

Over the past eight months I have consistently heard Kansans’ concerns about passing a fiscally conservative Farm Bill, reining in the weaponization of our federal government, cutting our reckless government spending, protecting the integrity of our nation’s elections, and securing America’s wide-open borders. These concerns have been a guide to how I develop solutions in Congress, and they will continue to be my pilot light in Washington, D.C.

GUEST COLUMN, Frank Cullen, Council for Innovative Promotion

A little-known federal agency might be our most powerful asset in the race for global tech leadership. The International Trade Commission has the power to deter patent infringement abroad and at home by blocking infringers' access to the huge American market.

It's up to policymakers to make sure this asset gets deployed to the full extent of the law.

Here's the problem: In today's knowledge economy, ideas are the coin of the realm. But America's intellectual property is under constant attack.

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

I’ve been waiting a long time for my book, “Loon Point,” to sell.

If I’m honest, it hasn’t been that long. It’s been five months, and that seems like a long time. But in the publishing world, that is the blink of an eye.

I talk to my old friend, Andrew, all the time about trying to get this book sold. Andrew told me that, if he ever sold a book, he’d ride around New York City in a red convertible wearing a long white silk scarf.