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To the editor: Voting in our elections is a privilege, an honor and also a real challenge. The issues may be, likely are, complicated. We may be asked to vote for many candidates. We have a great deal of electoral advertising to wade through as well as, for many candidates, a historical ...
To the editor: This is an open letter to Kansas' two U.S. senators. Your reaction to President Donald Trump’s ban on Bombardier jet sales in the United States is both flaccid and against the interests of Kansas. You should be ashamed to claim that you represent the Kansans that elected you ...
To the editor: Trump's promise of a $5,000 check for every adult if the Republicans win the midterms would be impossible without a heavy tax on billionaires (highly unlikely) and comes without any requirements from the recipients to perform the duties of citizenship. Voting is a duty of ...
To the editor: One of the most striking moments of the generally forgettable Trumpapalooza in Dallas came during Vice President JD Vance’s keynote speech on Sept. 10 (later upstaged by Trump’s claiming the podium). At the end of a segment denigrating the Senate candidacy of James Talarico, ...
To the editor: The recent opinion piece, “What if we’d treated factories like data centers?” by Rich Lowry omitted several directly relevant facts. There would be less public pushback if data centers were treated like factories. Zoning often allows data centers to be located in or next ...
To the editor: Recently I watched as my 7-year-old grandson climbed the steps for his second-grade year in Lawrence schools. I saw all the smiles from the teachers, the hugs from the parents, the happy faces of kids who were seeing friends again from the previous year. Then, I also recently ...