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To the editor: Thank you to all the Lawrence landlords who participate in housing the homeless. Everyone deserves to have their own home, and you have provided that very basic necessity. The majority of us have a secure place to live. Sometimes we take that for granted and forget not ...
To the editor: Liz Cheney champions the idea that it is the duty of leaders to simply tell the truth. Politicians are not bound by this simple guideline. Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott espouse the notion that it is the responsibility of the base to do the right thing regarding masks and ...
To the editor: Mona Charen slanders a lot of leftist intellectuals in her column of Aug. 14 when she says that they were “seduced by leftist authoritarian regimes.” It is true that people such as Lincoln Steffens, William Sloan Coffin, Susan Sontag and even Bernie Sanders were inspired by ...
To the Editor: As news from Afghanistan grows darker by the moment, and our hearts break for its vulnerable population, let us look beyond the impulse to blame someone for this tragedy. Let us remember that the people of the United States never voted for a 20-year war in Afghanistan. On ...
To the editor: George Will’s recent column implied that the science of global warming is still murky, and is not a problem that we need to take seriously as a threat. Nothing could be further from the truth. The recent UN report unequivocally concluded that climate change is caused by ...
To the editor: I just read the article in the Aug. 14 paper about the amazing and valuable prizes vaccinated KU students can win — for doing what they should be doing without the need for “prizes.” I understand reasonable incentives — that’s one thing — but $15,000 in “cash ...