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March 29th, 2024
L&T Opinions Page
GUEST COLUMN, Glen Brunkow, Pottawatomie County farmer and rancher   I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds. The opening of the FFA creed, and a phrase near and dear to the heart of every member who has ever put on the corduroy. It is a phrase...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   The field has been set for the upcoming elections, and in some cases there will not be contested races, but in two key races, there will be. Pending a write in, there will be no challenge for the four seats available for Seward County Community College Board...

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...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Reita Isaacs, Liberal

 

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MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

 

With Easter approaching, millions around the world will celebrate [ ... ]

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