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September 23rd, 2023
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GUEST COLUMN Walter V. Wendler • President West Texas A&M Originally published on November 30, 2015.  As we begin this season of reflection, “Teaching First” is worthy of another look as we focus on the first purpose of the university and the importance of staying true to our...

A SECOND OPINION KC Star Nov. 19 Even before the next Congress convenes in January, area Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Sharice Davids may have to cast a wrenching vote that could divide the Democratic caucus in Washington: Should they support Nancy Pelosi to be the next speaker of the...

GUEST COLUMN Larry Phillips Kismet One of the benefits of retirement is getting to watch TV anytime I want. It has proven to be an eye-opener in many ways. 1. The major advertising giants who make commercials for companies wanting to sell to Americans are brainwashing the citizens with their...

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron   The past few days, there’s been an atmosphere of praise. This week especially it’s valuable to look back and count the ways God has interceded, encouraged and guided through the years.  A continued study of a short book in the New Testament brings us to...

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris   The Republicans lost control of the House largely because they had the wrong campaign strategy. Democrats like to think that President Donald Trump’s unpopularity was a key cause of their victory in retaking the House, but the true fault lies in the GOP’s...

GUEST COLUMN, John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau   There’s an old saying that goes something like this: Sometimes you must look back on where you’ve been to know where you’re going. Being an ardent student of history, I believe it definitely has its place in our society today. Whenever I...

GUEST COLUMN, Walter V. Wendler, President of West Texas A&M   In 1783, New York Governor George Clinton, proposed that in every state at least one public college should train people for entry into military service. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Morrill Act that...

GUEST COLUMN, Star Parker   Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting take on blacks. Nationwide data on black voting in this election cycle do not point to much change. Various polls over recent months seemed to indicate that blacks...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   There were three scenes that really stood out to me when I was growing up in Liberal that let me know Christmas was coming — the lights going up on the poles downtown, the Rosel House display and the elves in the window of Chaffin’s Hardware. Yes, this is a...

GUEST COLUMN, Larry Phillips, Kismet   Americans are starting to wake up to the fact progressive leftists – or socialists – or even closer to the truth, communists – are directing our country down a road of total ruin. By ruin, that means to re-write or eliminate our beloved Constitution...

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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