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To the editor: Dear Senator, When are you going to stand up to Trump? When are you going to start being a statesman, not a politician? When are you going to seize the opportunity to go down in history as a patriot who helped save the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law? Chris Petr, Lawrence
To the editor: President Trump continues his assault on the rule of law as he turns federal law enforcement into his personal tool for vengeance. Firing Erik Siebert, who had thoroughly investigated potential charges against James Comey and determined there was insufficient evidence to ...
To the editor: Senate majority leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, keep iterating that the shutdown will be a Democrat shutdown. They both appear to have problems with math. I love math. One of the few places where there is one and only one correct ...
To the editor: KU and KU Athletics are spending upwards of $750 million on a Gateway project. This project is to assist in student recruitment and be an economic development win for all. KU’s CFO, Jeff DeWitt, stated this will bring in almost $2 billion to the county and the state of ...
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 ...