Opinion

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Opinion: Sudden retirement yet another setback for GOP

Ken Buck is fed up. The Republican lawmaker from eastern Colorado already announced (last November) that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term. But now that apparently is not soon enough. On Tuesday, he abruptly surprised many on Capitol Hill — particularly fellow ...

Opinion: The fearmongering on immigrants and crime is a lie

President Joe Biden chose to scrap a bit with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at the State of the Union — a choice that should remind us of the old saw, “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” Greene has two modes: heckling and lying. This time, she was doing ...

Opinion: The strong case for going to college

Americans are losing faith in college education. A recent Gallup poll found that only 36% of respondents have “quite a lot” or “a great deal” of faith in higher ed. Multibillionaire Peter Thiel is offering 20 students $100,000 grants each if they agree not to go to college, working on ...

Letter to the editor: Inflation truth

To the editor: As an editor of a newspaper with integrity, I am sure you would not intentionally mislead your readers. I would like to point out that in your newspaper I often see a misleading description concerning inflation. Over and over I read in your newspaper that “inflation is ...

Letter to the editor: A refreshing meeting

To the editor: This past Saturday, a group gathered in the community room at Sunrise Project to hear County Commissioner Karen Willey give a program for the local chapter of Women For Kansas on solar siting regulations in our county. Differing viewpoints were represented, including supporters ...