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September 23rd, 2023
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GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris   It is one of the constants of American history that liberal, progressive presidents and their administrations are initially elected to pursue their reformist domestic agenda, only to be led astray by foreign involvements and wars. Now, is the same pattern...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   There will be a discussion for the next two years about the 1-cent sales tax and its impending renewal. It will be important that we all know the facts about the tax and to be a part of the discussion on not only the future of the tax but the future of our...

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon   I get anxious, as I might have mentioned.  While I don’t think it’s anything requiring medication, fortunately, I became aware at middle-age that I have always had a sort of “hum” of anxiety going on in the background. I usually only notice it when it...

A SECOND OPINION, Michael Austin, Kansas Policy Institute   Those saying the current trajectory of state spending won’t lead to a deficit or tax increase aren’t being honest. A new profile prepared by the Kansas Legislative Research Department (KLRD) shows the state budget creates a $1.4...

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris   A nationwide survey of American citizens and voters of Latino or Hispanic ancestry conducted on May 16-19, 2019, shows surprising support for President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the southern border of the United States. The survey, conducted by...

GUEST COLUMN, Larry Phillips, Kismet   Once in the woods, two teenage boys forced their kidnapped victim, a14-year-old girl, to fully undress. Then one of the boys started beating her with a wooden baseball bat. She quickly succumbed and was unable to yell or fight back, while the other...

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron   Throughout history, society has developed norms for what’s clean or dirty, cluttered or uncluttered. Dr. Tony Evans tells a humorous story of his offer to do some cleaning while his wife went shopping. After her afternoon away – and his spent cleaning – she...

GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau   I booked a late flight home from a recent conference in Baltimore with the idea that I’d have most of the day to explore the city, or at least the areas near the hotel. Mother Nature, however, had other plans and washed away my plans. On the...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   Tuesday, by a vote of 3-2, the Liberal City Commission voted to accept the South Middle School facility from USD No. 480 to be used as a community recreation center. There are many who are afraid of how the facility will pay its operational expenses and...

GUEST COLUMN, Dr. Richard Holm, Prairie Doc®   Remember the Greek myth of Narcissus, a vain and handsome young man who was punished by a goddess for rejecting the innocent love of another. Narcissus was made to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool and he wasted the rest of his...

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris

 

It sounds oxymoronic, but those who now say they won’t vote at all [ ... ]

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GUEST COLUMN, John Richard Schrock, Library Frontlines

 

The U.S. is no longer the leader in the [ ... ]

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GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau

 

Kansas farmers and ranchers set a new record for [ ... ]

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