Letters to the Editor

To submit a letter to the editor, please email your submission to letters@ljworld.com or mail it to Box 888, Lawrence KS 66044. Letters should be 250 words or less, be of public interest and should avoid libelous language. The Journal-World reserves the right to edit letters, as long as viewpoints are not altered. Letters must bear the name, address and telephone number of the writer.

Letter to the editor: Warping the message

To the editor: I predict that the bizarre ICE investigation of Renee Good will result in Trumped-up "evidence" that she was, oh, let's say, a paid socialist agent with the job to create trouble and that ICE was protecting us from her. It will ignore the fact that her last words that we all ...

Letter to the editor: Not normal times

To the editor: Amidst all of the wonderment that includes unchecked executive actions, military-led foreign resource grabs, threats to sovereign allies, and a domestic masked paramilitary force operating with relative immunity, I’ve observed many leading media outlets contemplating the ...

Letter to the editor: No such thing as ‘illegal alien’

To the editor: My father served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was a gunnery instructor who taught airmen how to fire the fifty caliber machine guns in the ball turrets of B-17 bombers. I have always been proud of his service. Were he alive today, dad would be appalled to ...

Letter to the editor: A global shift

To the editor: The majority of GOP officials seem to be just fine with this administration's America First isolationist stances, but they also seem to be missing a huge change in international affairs. Countries that were our allies and friends now view the U.S. as unstable and unpredictable. ...

Letter to the editor: Cleaning house in Congress

To the editor: Time to clean house in Washington! DO NOT SIT THIS ONE OUT! The 2026 primary election on Aug. 4 will be just as important as the general election on Nov. 3. Our current government cannot take care of its own problems — namely a trillion-dollar deficit and a broken health ...

Letter to the editor: Congressional cheerleaders

To the editor: The Congress has now officially ceded to the president its constitutional functions of levying taxes, directing spending and deciding matters of war and peace. The president himself has acknowledged publicly that there remain no institutional checks upon his power. The one ...