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- Blog: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden May 23, 2013 · 20 comments
- Garden Calendar: City proposes alternating irrigation schedules May 23, 2013 · 1 comment
- Local Board of Realtors collecting items today for tornado survivors in Oklahoma City area May 23, 2013 · 6 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 33 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 84 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 17 comments
- Weekday graduations get mixed reviews from parents and families May 22, 2013 · 19 comments
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 12 comments
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013 · 2 comments
- Blog: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards May 21, 2013 · 37 comments
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
- Off the Beaten Plate: Black Forest Crepe at A.B.'s May 23, 2013
- No consensus on McLemore's draft position after lottery May 23, 2013
- 100 years ago: 'The vulturous Kaw triumped' over Billie Bob Atkinson May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Hillcrest teacher honored with annual 'Bobs' Award' May 22, 2013
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years May 21, 2013
- Two men face charges in Sunday morning shooting May 22, 2013
- Families invited to free 'Wild Gardens' event at KU Natural History Museum May 23, 2013
- Free State students and parents share emotions at graduation May 22, 2013
Letter: Shame on us
"No hunter would use 30 shells to bring down game."
Yeah, so. What has that got to do with anything? The right to bear arms has nothing to do with hunting.
April 22, 2013 at 5:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Shame on us
"Why would we continue to allow the purchase of magazine clips with 30 bullets?"
Because some people consider the right to defend themselves more important than the risk imposed by a few lunatics.
Would I buy a 30-round clip? No, I don't feel the need, but I also don't see that it is my right to restrict someone who might feel the need.
April 22, 2013 at 5:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Shame on us
Ah, well, senselessness will continue regardless of any laws we pass. The largest killing of school children was done with a bomb, or bombs, in the 1930s or thereabouts.
People talk about passing more laws, but frequently balk at paying for the enforcement of them. How many of the failed background checks were actually pursued by police?
April 22, 2013 at 5:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Shame on us
The term is "well regulated militia"; militia are people, not guns. It says nothing about well regulated guns. In contrast, it does say, "the right to bear arms shall not be infringed".
We've already breached the constitution by banning militias; what is another breach about infringing the right to bear arms?
April 22, 2013 at 5:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Earth’s not flat
Can you tell us exactly where continuing business as usual will take us?
The effects we have already seen are just the tip of the iceberg; you can rest assured business as usual will take us into the unknown. So, you are advocating that we choose your unknown against what the vast majority of researchers are telling us would be a better unknown. Why should we believe that you know more than them?
April 22, 2013 at 5:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Gun laws won’t conquer evil
A gun is just a tool. A minority would use that tool for offense, and others would use it for defense, or neither. Not sure that the ones who don't want to use them at all should be able to mandate that the ones who want to use them for defense, can't. If you start from there, you might be able to come up with some sane legislation.
It may also be that enforcing current laws may be more effective than making new ones.
It terms of children, far, far more children die in cars or swimming pools than by homicide with a gun, but I don't see anyone clamoring for tighter rules on driving with child passengers or rules for who can own a pool. So, when Sandy Hook is used as a reason for more gun laws, it rings kind of hollow.
April 11, 2013 at 6:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KU atheist group having conference this month
I was wondering why this is news, and then I see the comments. OK
April 9, 2013 at 10:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Simpson-Bowles could be reform model
Having said that, I really don't care if we tax the bejesus out of the top 1%.
March 24, 2013 at 6:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Simpson-Bowles could be reform model
Depends on what you consider a living wage. A living wage by the standard of many Americans would be considered quite well off in some other countries. America is not a closed system; in the market, we interact with most other countries around the world. Artificially raising wages in this country has the effect of shifting the low-skill manufacturing jobs to other countries.
March 24, 2013 at 6:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Simpson-Bowles could be reform model
I find Krauthammer's depiction of what Reagan did to be a revision of history, but I agree that Simpson-Bowles, or something very much like it is probably close to what is needed. Not an expert on it by a long stretch, but the percentage of cuts under that plan is very close to what we have with the sequestration. The difference is that the cuts are more gradual and more targeted, and I suspect that will achieve similar results in terms of balancing the budget without being as disruptive to the economy.
The short answer is that you can not continuously spend more than you bring in without coming to a crisis eventually. On social spending, we, as a society, are better off with some safety net to assist with unfortunate circumstances, but making it so that individuals are just as well off receiving charity in the form of welfare or unemployment benefits as they are getting a job, any job, is a recipe for disaster. On military spending, we spend 3 times what the next highest nation spends, and as much as the next 17 nations combined; you can't tell me that we will suddenly be vulnerable if we spend 2.7 times what our nearest competitor spends, and only as much as say, 15, other nations combined spend.
S-B is the answer no one likes, and that is a characteristic of a compromise.
March 23, 2013 at 12:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )