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March 29th, 2024
L&T Opinions Page
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris   As of Thursday the United States has had 23,000 deaths from coronavirus. Italy, France, Spain and the U.K. have had 67,000 deaths combined. But these four countries have a combined population of only 241 million compared to 328 million in the US. If our...

GUEST COLUMN, Larry Phillips, Kismet   It started at the end of January after President Trump closed our borders to travelers from China because of fears Chinese visitors or immigrants could be carrying the Wuhan coronavirus. The media and Socialist-Democrats immediately pulled out their...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Larry Koochel, Liberal   Since 1963, Liberal has a history of making continual progress of becoming a better community. But lately, after decades of hard work and a commitment to our future, Liberal has been taking steps backwards. Just a few short years ago, Liberal...

GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau   I was a sophomore in college when Sept. 11 happened. Like everyone else, I remember a lot of confusion in the aftermath of that day. It wasn’t until about a week later when a letter from my father drove home the impact. “The world has...

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron   In three years of public ministry, Jesus had given clues to prepare his followers for his last days on earth. The words also comfort those of us who are troubled and in the midst of isolation. “‘Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be...

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris   As we move from attempting to contain the coronavirus to reopening our economy and encouraging people to go back to work, the dynamics of the fear of the virus are about to change dramatically. Right now, fear is helping us contain the virus. It is our ally and...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   A couple of weeks ago, the Liberal City Commission had a special meeting to discuss an agreement with National Beef about the water treatment situation. We were given notice, by FAX, 17 minutes before the meeting began, and in the notes we received and the...

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon   “I love seeing all the people in the park,” my sister told me on the phone the other night. “I can tell who is together because they are walking in little clumps!”  I love that idea: little satellites orbiting the park — usually with a dog — keeping a...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   The first to object to some of the limitations placed on the people probably started with me. When the city first used the statewide emergency declaration to ban all comers to city meetings, including the media, I objected.  I was probably one of a...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Nathan McCaffrey, Liberal   Constitutional rights deserve absolute protection. Protecting public health is critically important. Figuring out how these ideals exist together is easier said than done.  The recent conflict in Kansas between Governor Kelly’s...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Reita Isaacs, Liberal

 

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MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

 

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