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To the editor: I am not a member of the Roman Catholic Church, but I am very impressed with the new pope, Leo XIV. He is intelligent, thoughtful, articulate and gives high priority to social, racial and economic justice. Read the words from several of his initial pontifical ...
To the editor: Recent events in Texas make the Kansas Board of Regents’ recently announced review of academic tenure policy very troubling. A lecturer was dismissed at Texas A&M for expanding upon gender questions in a children’s literature class, and a tenured professor at Texas ...
To the editor: Midterm elections will be in November 2026. Time flies. Votes in Douglas County do count. A U.S. senator, representatives and governor will be up for election. Kansas has a history of picking Democratic governors; that could happen again. Loyal Republicans and conservative ...
To the editor: The death of Charlie Kirk is horrific. The deaths of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband along with the shooting of State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, the beating of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband, are all horrific. I could go on and on. Can we please ...
To the editor: Much to the chagrin of old-line Republicans as well as independents, liberals and progressives, the MAGA and Trumpism leaders have gone on stage, on TV and even given sworn testimony that it is OK to use violence to achieve political ends. Did they think only they would apply ...
To the editor: Not surprisingly Rod Barnes’ obituary in the Journal-World is short. Matter of fact, Rod never said much about himself, at least to me. He was, however, voluble about things he cared about. Voltaire had Candide end his tragic/comedic adventure by saying “but first we must ...