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To the editor: As a 44-year resident and student of Lawrence, I’ve watched how that adage of "nothing good ever happens after midnight" holds true for this town. Indulge me a review of the allegations in the Hawk shooting case: two underage suspects "sneak" into the Hawk bar with ...
To the Editor: Open letter to Sen. Jerry Moran: I have some clarifying questions about your statement regarding events in Minneapolis. “I am deeply troubled by the shootings in Minneapolis involving federal agents.” You mean the killings by federal agents, correct? “Our Constitution ...
The only nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia is the Strategic Nuclear Arms Control Treaty (START) and it expires on Feb. 5, 2026. Russian President Putin has offered to negotiate a new START treaty or extend it for one year. President Trump is quoted to have said, “If it ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...