SAINTS PERSPECTIVE, SCCC President Brad Bennett The last few weeks of any semester unite students, faculty, and staff in a way that is inescapable: everyone is ready for the class to be finished. For some, the feeling is on the triumphant side, as they admire high grades. For others, the...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Merle Roberts, former Liberal resident During World War II my father was an inspector for the U S Army Air Corp. We lived in Kansas City, Kan., and Missouri, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Memphis, Tennessee after leaving Liberal, Kansas. I was in the second grade at...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Early in the morning on Oct. 7, a well-planned attack was carried out by breaching what was considered one of the most secure borders on the planet. The net result was the murder of more than 1,400 Israelis, the largest sexual assault in recorded human history,...
MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron This time of year, millions celebrate the birth of Jesus who was born in Bethlehem. A few months back, we studied the Book of Hebrews, which described this baby as the Son of Man (2:6) and the Son of God (4:14), representing both humanity and deity as the...
THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon My Facebook feed reminded me that, exactly 12 years ago, I was considering buying palazzo pants. I found this astonishing because just that day I had been looking at palazzo pants, and I had not mentioned it to Facebook—or anyone else, except my husband,...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt While you struggle to make ends meet in Kansas, the state government has felt no ill effects of the inflation, or at least its bank account hasn’t. Thanks to the overprinting of cash in Washington, D.C., and dishing it out like candy to the states, counties...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Rebecca H., Traveler It was my great good luck to encounter one of your paper carriers this past Saturday morning, and I am writing to let you know of her kindness. I was in a hotel parking lot along Highway 54 and somewhat ineffectually daubing the load of snow...
GUEST COLUMN, Jackie Mundt, Kansas Farm Bureau This past weekend Kansas Farm Bureau leaders from across the state gathered for our annual meeting. It is great to catch up with friends, gain new insights and take part in the grassroots policy process that makes our organization so...
GUEST COLUMN, Terry Paulson, Townhall.com There was a time that they didn’t negotiate with kidnappers or terrorists. But obviously, things have changed, and, as one might expect, hostage taking has increased. Why? Because it works. It results in the release of convicted terrorists in...
GUEST COLUMN, John Richard Schrock, Education Frontlines In the 1990s, Kansas had 303 Unified School Districts (USDs). In my role supervising student biology teachers, I knew many strong Kansas biology teachers who could supervise my student teachers. Many students wanted to return to...