MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron King Solomon of Israel succeeded his father David. He prayed for wisdom, and in addition became one of the richest rulers in history. His writings included in the Old Testament are Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and Ecclesiastes. As we complete the outline...
OUR OPINION, L&T staff At Tuesday’s Liberal City Commission meeting, there was an open discussion about the contract for Interim City Manager Calvin Burke. Before the meeting took place, the contrct was included in the information packet about the meeting, available to anyone who...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris The lawyer for FBI informant William Campbell said that her client has told congressional committees that the Russians “bragged that the Clintons’ influence in the Obama Administration would ensure CIFUS (Committee on Foreign Investments in the United...
GUEST COLUMN, John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Some say the landscape in central and western Kansas looks like a barren, brown wasteland. Others believe that statement may be too kind. What ever you see, and however you describe it – conditions remain dire in many...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris In the Rasmussen Poll, the only survey that polls actual voters, President Donald Trump has moved up steadily since the new year and has now reached a new plateau of 50 percent job approval with only 49 percent disapproving. Never before in his...
A SECOND OPINION, The Lawrence Journal-World Credit Kansas lawmakers for having the wisdom to cancel debate on a bill that would push a National Rifle Association gun safety program on Kansas schools. That debate was to be Thursday on House Bill 2460, which would create a...
A SECOND OPINION, The Wichita Eagle The nine days since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., have brought youth and energy to the debate over gun violence. Classmates and students of the 17 people who died at Stoneman Douglas High School are brash, angry and unapologetic. They...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt A small detail in a recent story about former Police Chief Al Sill’s contract may have slipped by most, but I believe it is a very important reason the City of Liberal needs to change its policies to provide proper oversight. It was discovered during...
GUEST COLUMN, Shannon Francis, 125th District Representative Last week was turn around week. Nonexempt bills cannot be passed out of the legislative body of origin after this. Most of January and February my time is spent in committee hearing and working bills. This...
A SECOND OPINION, The Boston Herald In an entirely predictable development, Russia-based social media trolls haven't missed a beat in the wake of the 13 indictments that came down Friday. No, they interrupted their railing about the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller...