Opinion

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Opinion: Monuments now, dust later

With only three years left in his presidency, Donald J. Trump does not want to be forgotten, not ever. Like an emperor of olden days or a 20th-century tyrant, he is engraving his name on both old and new monuments wherever he can. At the beginning of December, he had his name carved on the ...

Opinion: Reflecting on what makes America’s generosity possible

The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has made countless blessings possible. The warmth, security and generosity that many Americans experience during the holidays are not accidents or pure gifts of nature. In their tangible sense, ...

Opinion: Why Chiefs deal doesn’t make sense

The beleaguered Kansas City Chiefs just scored their biggest win of the year. On Dec. 22, the Chiefs announced a new agreement with the state of Kansas to spend $3.3 billion on a new domed stadium in western Wyandotte County, relying heavily on the tax mechanism called STAR bonds. Gov. Laura ...

Opinion: An American tradition: titillation and tripe

Candace Owens has a very popular internet show in which she trots out deranged conspiracies about, among other things, the demonic nature of Jews, the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk (probably by Jews and their pawns, in her estimation) and the allegation that French President ...

Opinion: This year has been a long fall from grace

“Cry me a river.” I gave a party with this theme on Jan. 20, 2025, the day Donald Trump was sworn in as president. Little did we know that 2025 would be an ocean of tears, the worst since 1968. Then, the tragic assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. broke hearts ...

Letter: Do your own math on Social Security

To the editor: The recent Opinion column from Veronique De Rugy is problematic with the conclusions guiding younger generation in its assumptions that the Baby Boomers are taking excessive payouts from Social Security. Payments are not excessive by my calculations based on what I've actually ...