Letter to the editor: Money can’t buy my vote
To the editor: Today I received a $90 deposit from the Social Security Administration. I will be sending Trump's bribe to Just Food for their food pantry. Nancy Miller, Lawrence
Opinion
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Letter to the editor: A neighborly view of a candidate
To the editor: It’s not often that you can get a deeper view of a candidate’s character and qualifications in political races, but I have been neighbors with Scott Morgan for over 30 years, and you get a pretty good idea of someone’s true nature after all that time. Scott is ...
Opinion: The Lawrence man seeking to break the power of Republican, Democratic parties this election
It is the ugliest scoreboard in America — which makes sense given that it is measuring politicians. Recent public polling by the Pew Research Center shows that 58% of Americans view the Republican Party unfavorably and 59% view the Democratic Party unfavorably. The scoreboard sucks not only ...
Opinion: Stop the hysteria over Flock cameras
In the bad old crime days of New York City, I spent a Christmas Eve waiting outside an emergency room. Our foursome had been violently robbed in a subway station, and I was eager for the doctor’s report on one member who’d suffered a concussion fighting off a mugger. Because someone got ...
Opinion: The prosecutor’s constitutional obligation
“That it is better 100 guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent person should suffer.” — Benjamin Franklin The hardest decision a government prosecutor may ever face is also one of the most important tests of the rule of law: What do you do when you believe a crime occurred, ...
Opinion: True tales of two opposite Americas — rich and poor
“The rich are different from you and me.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald I read two books in one weekend: “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson on Saturday, “Strangers” by Belle Burden on Sunday. They’re true stories, told well, about two countries, both inside America’s borders: Death Row ...