Opinion

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

When faced with difficult circumstances, confusing choices or challenges, it would be helpful to know what God thinks about what's happening. The God of Hebrews and Christians is one who speaks to His people. Throughout the Old Testament, He used intermediaries to deliver messages to His people. A New Testament scripture, written after Jesus died, reads, "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets, ... in these last days has spoken to us in His Son" (Hebrews 1:1-2).

GUEST COLUMN, Dr. Ken Thorpe, Rollins School of Public Health

Healthcare costs are one of Americans' top concerns as we head into election season.

President Joe Biden has worked hard to address this issue -- and has delivered for America's most vulnerable. His historic Inflation Reduction Act caps insulin costs, limits out-of-pocket drug spending to $2,000 annually, and allows seniors to spread their pharmacy bills evenly throughout the year. Collectively, these reforms are a major step forward for healthcare affordability.

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

There are times no matter how we dress that we cannot escape the realities of nature.

If you identify as a woman but have male anatomy below the belt, you will still need to see a urologist at some time in your life, and more than likely you will need your prostate examined. That reality of your body doesn’t know that you identify as someone else. Anatomy unaffected by the hormonal drugs that may result in breast growth and emotional changes cannot mask the other realities of what your body is, not what you want it to be.

GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau

Agriculture and aviation are two of the biggest industries in Kansas, but it’s been rare for commodity farmers and commercial airlines to interact as partners. As sustainability moves from boardroom buzzword to real world applications, there’s a need for more conversation between the industries.

Kansas Farm Bureau recently facilitated some of that conversation between farmers in south-central Kansas and representatives from Delta Airlines centered largely around the recent push to produce more sustainable aviation fuel. Essentially, the grains and oilseeds farmers grow will be refined into jet fuel.