GUEST COLUMN, Shannon Francis, 125th District Representative I visited with Vickie Harshbarger of Mosaic about state funding issues for the disability community. Mosaic in Liberal partners with people with intellectual disabilities to provide a meaningful life in a caring...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Many on the liberal side believe they are on a crusade for equality as if conservatives don’t believe in equality at all. We do. One of the founding principles of America was the repudiation of a class of people above the law, specifically kings and those...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris The myth of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin now stands exposed as the greatest political hoax in American history! And it was Hillary Clinton’s hoax. It was Clinton who bought and paid for the phony dossier that led to the $40 million...
GUEST COLUMN, Larry Phillips, Kismet New Zealand’s fascist dictator Jacinda Ardern announced a nation-wide ban on “military-style” semi-automatic rifles in the country on March 20, 2019, a day that will forever cost more lives in her country. I’ve never understood the stupidity of...
MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron The night before the crucifixion, Jesus talked to his Father about the completion of his work on earth, interceding on behalf of the disciples (followers). Knowing he was facing the cross, with his final hour before him, he prayed, “‘I ask on their behalf’”...
GUEST COLUMN, Kim Baldwin, McPherson County farmer As in life, sometimes things don’t go as planned on the farm. A prime example is when my husband and 6-year-old son recently brought home an orphaned heifer from a family friend’s herd. The calf was just a few hours old when she moved...
A SECOND OPINION, David Trabert, Kansas Policy Institute The March 2019 issue of the Kansas PTA MythBusters begins with this statement: “Be aware that statistics can be used to provide clarity or to create a cloud of doubt to misdirect.” It then proceeds with a litany of...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris Along its 109-mile border with Serbia, Hungary has built a 13-foot-high fence featuring concertina wire (barbed wire in circles). It took six months to build (July-December of 2015) and cost $106 million. It was built by contractors and 900 Hungarian...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Soon, the polls will start to come out showing how the American people feel about the findings of the Mueller Report now that it has been concluded with no charges or accusations of wrongdoing being filed against President Donald J. Trump. Those polls will...
GUEST COLUMN, Shannon Francis, 125th District Representative My wife Carol joined me in Topeka this week for the Kansas Prayer Breakfast. We also saw Delvin Kinser, News Director for KJIL and his wife Rhonda at the breakfast. The program featured David McAlvany, CEO of McAlvany...