Editorials

Editorial: We will survive the COVID storm, and America will be prosperous again

When it comes to loosening our social-distance requirements and other measures designed to fight COVID-19, the country should take its guidance from health experts, not President Donald Trump. That said, it is wise for public leaders — both Republicans and Democrats — to start talking ...

KU deserves credit and thanks for keeping the paychecks flowing

The University of Kansas and several other government entities and businesses in the Lawrence area deserve credit for how they are treating their employees during these trying times. KU leaders came out relatively quickly to explain that employees of the university will continue to be paid, ...

Editorial: Patience, perseverance, perspective needed as we battle the virus

There are times where it is particularly important to practice the three P’s in life: patience, perseverance and perspective. We’ve come to one of those times as our country and communities confront new realities in the face of the coronavirus. The virus has disrupted ordinary and ...

Views from Kansas: A prison crisis for women

Editor’s Note: Views from Kansas is a regular feature that highlights editorials and other viewpoints from across the state. The number of women in prison in Kansas has grown significantly. Topeka Correctional Facility, the only women’s prison in the state, is now slightly above ...

Views from Kansas: Susan Wagle’s immoral stand

Editor’s Note: Views from Kansas is a regular feature that highlights editorials and other viewpoints from across the state. Only Susan Wagle, president of the Kansas Senate, could make her fellow Republican Jim Denning look like Winston Churchill. What’s she done now, you ask? Publicly ...

Views from Kansas: Church should back legislation

Editor’s Note: Views from Kansas is a regular feature that highlights editorials and other viewpoints from across the state. What the Kansas Catholic Conference might consider giving up for Lent is its official neutrality on a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for civil ...