Opinion

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

AUTHOR’S NOTE — We are thankful that this newspaper has collaborated with us since 2007 to run weekly articles. The following is adapted from one first printed May 2, 2018.

For years I was an active member of an inter-racial, ecumenical prayer group, and several times I spoke at community gatherings made up of people from several different denominations or ethnic makeups. We've also attended or conducted funerals and have been impressed at how folks travel hundreds of miles to pay tribute and come together for support. At each place, there are differences in worship styles, but agreement in the essentials.

As Jesus faced his arrest, trial, and death on the cross, it seems our Lord’s main concern was that there would be unity in his Church.

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

The fact is, I am spoiled.

I never get sick. I’ve never spent a night in a hospital since I was born (and then, my mother stayed with me). I’ve never broken a bone. I’ve never had a major operation. I am absurdly healthy, and I can take no credit for any of this. So, naturally, when I get sick, I am insufferable.

It always starts in the same way. I get a sore throat. First, I ignore it. I have found this is the best way to deal with imminent disasters. When I used to drive old cars, I would turn up the radio when I heard an ominous noise. Loud music and deliberate ignorance can take you for many miles.

But then my throat gets worse. I feel my glands. They are a little swollen.

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

Donald Trump will be facing criminal charges in New York, and nobody seems to care.

That says a lot about what is actually happening, who is doing the prosecuting, and why it means very little to anyone.

Over the weekend, former White House Press Secretary for Bill Clinton and now ABC News propagandist George Stephanoupolos asked New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu about his support for Trump even though Trump is facing criminal charges in New York.

Sununu pointed out that 51 percent of America is supporting Trump, and that he is one of them.

GUEST COLUMN, Dane Hicks, Kansas Informer (kaninfo.com)

If you happen to be in a grocery store or gas station in Kansas the next few days, get a good look at the person at the checkout ahead of you. You –  and probably your yet-to-be born grandkids – may be paying off that person’s federal student loan.

President Biden again mocked a U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday and approved loan forgiveness for another 2,550 student loan borrowers in Kansas, bringing the total now to more than 26,000 Kansans who’ve been exempted from repaying the money they borrowed for their college educations. Biden’s actions nationwide yesterday sent the loans of another 277,000 borrowers –$7.4 billion – to the heaping pile of U.S. national debt.