Opinion

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Opinion: Stop worshipping the Ivy League

After Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis, gang-raped teens and kidnapped hundreds of innocents, 30 student groups at Harvard issued a statement reading, “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.” The anger that ...

Opinion: Mothers who work remotely are not ‘mommies’

Pandemic well over, a growing number of companies want their workers back at the office. Many still allow certain employees to continue doing some or all of the job remotely. Parents raising young children especially welcome the opportunity to work from home. But as office culture returns ...

Opinion: Musk not so absolutist about free speech from critics

Too bad. I seriously have been considering buying a Tesla but you-know-who, the company’s famous CEO, seems determined to drive me away at top speed. In that, I am not alone. Billionaire Elon Musk is facing a wave of backlash for a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter until he ...

Opinion: Grateful for urban farming revolution

While over 80% of the land area across Kansas qualifies as rural, the population of our state, which is mostly concentrated in about 10 of the state’s 105 counties, is increasingly urban, something which geographers and political leaders and others have been aware of for decades. This ...

Opinion: On Thanksgiving, step away from the outrage industry

One of the remarkable things about our political and cultural battles is how many of them are fought on behalf of other people. For instance, there are plenty of Americans with deeply personal investments in the plight of Israelis or Palestinians, due to familial or historic ties. But millions ...

Opinion: Funny how prices became no big deal

May I be so bold as to note that the price of turkey is down this year? To be specific, a 16-pound turkey now costs an average $27.35. That’s a 5.6% drop from last Thanksgiving. Making a big deal out of this would not be necessary had all things turkey not become an obsession two years ...