A SECOND OPINION, The Topeka Capital-Journal Although legislation to grant restitution to wrongfully convicted Kansans will not be the signature measure adopted during the 2018 session at the Statehouse, the bill nonetheless reveals compassion that exists among state lawmakers. Sometimes...
GUEST COLUMN, Star Parker The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is high on the Republican list of programs targeted for reform — and justifiably so. The program has gone from 17 million enrollees in 2000 to about 43 million today, with outlays up from about $25 billion to more...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is at its highest level since March 11, 2017, just a few weeks after he took office, according to Real Clear Politics. The site reported that his average approval rating across a variety of polls is now 43.8 percent,...
A SECOND OPINION, The Kansas City Star The jubilation is palpable now that Kansas is about to become the 33rd state to offer compensation to people who serve time for crimes they did not commit. Assuming Gov. Jeff Colyer signs legislation passed this week, Kansas will pay $65,000 for...
GUEST COLUMN, John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Part cultural icon and part invasive nuisance, tumbleweeds have an intriguing and tangled history. You know, tumbleweeds -- those twisted balls of dead foliage rolling across the open range and roads. If you’re driving any...
GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris While the Democrats and their media allies obsess over Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s focus on the economy, jobs, Korea and Iran is paying big dividends. His overall ratings have moved up as the Democrats abandon the field to...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Last weekend, Liberal celebrated Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday that has become more of a party than a historic reference to a battle between the Mexican army and French forces in 1862. No, this is not Mexican Independence Day. That is celebrated Sept. 16 and...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Tony McKee, Liberal First, we should all applaud Representative Shannon Francis for introducing HB 2756 compulsory sales tax for internet sales. How can anyone or any institute not conceive that this is not a good bill? This bill levels the playing field for everyone...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Liberal has become a very busy town, and a couple of weeks ago, it was so busy that the entire news room was assigned to so many events, I had to dust off my reporter’s notebook and head to the joint city/county meeting. The attitude was friendly with one...
A SECOND OPINION, The Topeka Capital-Journal One of the best comments attributable to the gubernatorial campaign of Kris Kobach came last week at the start of the Legislature's wrapup session. Kobach's running mate, Wink Hartman — himself an early candidate to become the Republican...
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