RYCKMAN RECAP, Ron Ryckman, 38th District Senator “Water, water, everywhere …” So goes the line from the famous 1798 poem, The Ancient Mariner, but also serves as the figurative theme of the Senate Ag committee during Week 10 of the 2023 Session. I suppose it would be a little too...
GUEST COLUMN, John Richard Schrock, Education Frontlines Both K–12 teachers and college professors are in major discussions over how to deal with the recently-released AI program that generates answers, essays and poetry upon request. However, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) perhaps...
GUEST COLUMN, Larry Elder Former President Donald Trump, citing "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan district attorney's office, posted the following on social media: "...WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER...
GUEST COLUMN, Shannon Francis, Kansas State Representative This weekend Carol and I celebrated the marriage of our daughter Kelly to Dustin Dailing. Dustin is a graduate of the Liberal Public Schools, like Kelly. He is the son of David and Karla Dailing. We are so happy to have Dustin...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Reita Isaacs, Liberal How did we get to this breakdown in our country? It started many years ago and took a plan and strategy. Allow me to share a condensed version of what has been added: We were accomplished Shape the mind and you control their direction...
MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron In the opening verses of Hebrews chapter 9, we figuratively entered the tabernacle which was dimly lit by a lampstand. Inside a second veil, in the Holy of Holies, was the ark of the covenant and the mercy seat overshadowed by the two carved cherubim. However,...
THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon My husband, Peter, and I are staying in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which is, according to a lot of folks, a tourist town. Sometimes, the person saying this means it is not a place they would want to spend time. This puzzles me. I’m not sure why a...
L&T Publisher Earl Watt Removing sales tax on groceries is a good thing. Kansas is only one of a handful of states left that has a state tax on groceries, and despite the Legislature trying to get rid of the tax in the past despite resistance from Governor Laura Kelly, she somehow...
GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau My phone alerted me to a four-year-old photo a few days ago, or rather it alerted me to a photo taken four years ago of a newspaper clipping from decades ago. The clipping was a photo of a much younger version of me proudly standing next to a...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Starley Craig, Liberal A “stakeholder” is a person, not involved, who holds the money put up by players as they compete for wins. I wish that USD No. 480 could at least get definitions right, as stakeholders really do not have any “stake” at all in the activity they...