A SECOND OPINION, The Toronto Star It’s a big world and U.S. President Donald Trump has been particularly attentive to global affairs of late. There was his love-fest with the Russian president in Helsinki. And then he launched an all-caps Twitter attack on Iran. And, most recently, he...
A SECOND OPINION, The Kansas City Star Like any other Kansan, state Senate President Susan Wagle has every right to endorse a candidate in the gubernatorial race. But she does not have the right to ballyhoo her endorsement of Kris Kobach from her official state email account, under her...
A SECOND OPINION, The Houston Chronicle Women in America are having so few babies that the birth rate has hit an historic low, and that does not bode well for the nation’s future. Fewer babies now means fewer adults later to work, pay taxes, and make sure the country’s future remains...
GUEST COLUMN, Larry Phillips, Kismet When working in the oil industry in the early 1970s, I had the chance to deliver and install downhole production equipment in numerous oil wells north of Ojai, Calif. It was in the Los Padres National Forest. The area was beautiful semi-mountain...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris It is, of course, a truism that good economic news helps the incumbent president in his midterm elections. But this week’s news is better than most and the gains for President Trump could be far greater than the norm. There are four things about the current...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Discovering that local residents were being interviewed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation with outlandish political claims would seem as far fetched as the FBI seeking to spy on a presidential candidate using partisan dossiers put together by foreign...
GUEST COLUMN, John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau While food remains a bargain in the United States, the average American household spends more on food each year. What’s even more interesting is the average American may soon spend more on dining out than buying groceries. In 2016, the...
MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron We spent three days last week in sessions at Friends University. It was great to re-connect with people we’ve known more than thirty years since leaving a previous denomination. One entire afternoon was spent discussing a doctrinal issue. Leading up to...
A SECOND OPINION, The Lawrence Journal-World As a new decade approaches, Kansas lawmakers should consider legislation that would take the politics out of redistricting. The state of Iowa, which has had a nonpartisan redistricting committee in place since 1980, could serve as a...
A SECOND OPINION, The Topeka Capital-Journal The Republican primary for the 2nd District U.S. House seat is crowded, with seven candidates jostling for attention over a long, hot summer. Chances are you’ll hear a lot more about Topekan Steve Watkins in these final days of the campaign, as...
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