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March 19th, 2024
L&T Opinions Page
L&T Publisher Earl Watt   Kayla Aliese Carter was hired to be the Racial Equity Officer for College Park, Maryland, and she has a solution for the nation — “burn it to the ground and let my ideology rise from the ashes.” She’s not alone. Michelle Obama said she was not proud of the...

GUEST COLUMN, Ganon Evans, Kansas Policy Institute   On the first of February, the Kansas Department of Revenue announced that January tax revenue estimates had come in $64 million – or 6.5 percent –  below the estimate for the month. Governor Laura Kelly was quick to turn the issue...

RYCKMAN RECAP, Ron Ryckman, 38th District Senator   It is not often we have an entire Floor Session devoted to just one piece of legislation, but that is what happened for three hours on Monday of Week 9 with the bill, SB 365, dealing with voting and election integrity issues. It started...

GIEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau   Bernard Warkentin couldn’t have known that when he planted wheat in central Kansas in 1874 he was sowing Kansas’ legacy as the Wheat State. Allegedly, Warkentin was the first to plant Turkey Red wheat, a hard winter variety that was well...

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron   Today, we'll look at the beginning of Jesus' earthly ministry, where his first temptation was to turn stones to bread. From that point on, his teachings and his example would lead millions out of the worldly into a spiritual kingdom.  Before studying the...

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon   “I like your hair!” a woman at the party said. This is always nice to hear. My hair is my least endearing feature, primarily because there is not much of it. But since my husband, Peter, started cutting it, I worry a lot less. “How does my hair look?” I...

L&T Publisher Earl Watt   We all prefer someone else better off to take care of the burden of government. We know we need government, and we also want to be compassionate to those in need with social safety nets like feeding the poor or providing funds to those who can’t find a...

GUEST COLUMN, Shannon Francis, 125th District Representative   Governor Laura Kelly and Kansas Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed announced the addition of 17 highway modernization and expansion projects to the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Development Pipeline. The announcement...

L&T OPINION   After the election of 2022, three new commissioners were elected to the Seward County Commission. One of the challenges the commission inherited was how to address the damaged bleachers at the rodeo arena. At the first Town Hall conducted by the new commission, the issue...

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris   President Trump has accomplished a revolution of which few leaders are capable: He has led his MAGA followers from purity and defeat to maturity and power. In his takeover of the GOP Senate delegation — signaled by his successful efforts to hasten Mitch...