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Keith Raffel (7/19/26 LJW) claims to defend Israel against charges of genocide. Instead he condemns Israel by faint praise. Raffel provides detailed arguments why Hamas are bad guys, all Arabs are bad guys, Israelis are victims, Israelis are good guys, not all dead Gazans were killed by Israel ...
To the editor: This is in response to the letter by Margaret Kramar that appeared in the paper on July 14. This was in reference to the value of prime farmland. She stated that this farm ground only produced food for cattle and hogs. I’m assuming that she is a vegetarian, who doesn’t eat ...
To the Editor: Much has been written by others in this space about the upcoming constitutional question concerning Kansas Supreme Court judges. Here are some points that have not been touched on. First, the amendment, which takes up one entire side of a 17-inch ballot, is strangely silent as ...
To the editor: Haskell Indian Nations University faces its greatest crisis in its 142-year history. Several devastating factors drive this crisis. A year ago, the Higher Learning Commission sanctioned Haskell’s accreditation as “at-risk” given stark conditions at the university. Loss of ...
To the editor: Living in Lawrence I was working as a lawyer handling cases in courts across Texas. A judge there, who knew me only through my cases in her court, called one morning asking for campaign money. That doesn’t happen in Kansas where judges aren’t forced to curry political favor, ...
To the editor: Let’s be very clear about the “prime farmland” in Grant Township that Save Our Soils Kaw Valley Foundation purports to preserve from a solar installation through a frivolous lawsuit based on meaningless technicalities. The land in question is currently producing ...