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December 01st, 2023
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GUEST COLUMN Larry PhillipsKismet The fictional book written by former FBI Director is being covered by the national media as if every word of this admitted leaker of FBI documents – and someone who has been proven to be untruthful – is “The Gospel according to James Comey.”How sad for so many...

OTHERVIEWS Kansas Policy InstituteApril 16 The 2017 NAEP results (National Assessment of Educational Progress) released last week show a few small gains for Kansas students but proficiency levels remain stubbornly low, especially for low income students.  Low income students, who are...

PUBLISHEREarl Watt Media outlets from across the country, many with an agenda, descended on Kansas for the past few weeks to cover the trial in Wichita of three Southwest Kansas men who were convicted Wednesday of conspiring to blow up an apartment complex of Muslim Somali residents in...

my perspective Gary DamronLiberal My grandparents lived in the Ozarks, where the soil wasn’t very good, and rocks were strewn around the fields. Grandpa would tell us, though, “Don’t worry - those just help the plants grow stronger when the roots twist down through the rocks.” Among the kinds...

The university should show Adidas the door and thoroughly review how it became a 'victim' in a college basketball scandal A SECOND OPINION Lawrence Journal-WorldApril 15 The University of Kansas' response thus far to a federal indictment alleging that families of top recruits received illegal...

guest column John SchlageckKansas Farm Bureau Lack of understanding and critical thinking on the part of some in the environmental movement has compromised their effectiveness as self-appointed protector and guardian of our planet.Whenever we improve our critical thinking skills it becomes...

SECOND OPINION Wichita EagleApril 13 The tragic, frustrating death of Andrew Finch will remain with Wichitans for some time. No decision on filing charges against the Wichita police officer who shot him, and no decision on the man charged with involuntary manslaughter associated with fake calls...

A SECOND OPINION, The Lawrence Journal-World   If Trump wants to take on China, he needs to start doing it smartly and with our allies by our side. Here in Kansas, the brewing trade war between the U.S. and China looks particularly frightening. Agriculture and aviation — two of Kansas’...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Ned and Dorothy Lowry, Liberal   Thank you to our many friends and family who so graciously helped us celebrate our 65th anniversary.   What a wonderful surprise to find the mail box filled with cards and messages.  We are so grateful for your friendship in...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Guy Berkebile, Guy Chemical Company, Somerset, Penn.   Tax Day is on Tuesday. While millions of Americans scramble to fill out their tax returns, we should also find time to celebrate the new tax law. Because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, more than 500 U.S. employers...

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris

 

It’s hard with the daily avalanche of head-to-head polls between [ ... ]

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MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

 

More than 2,000 years ago, during the reign of King Herod, a baby [ ... ]

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