Opinion

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Opinion: Is ‘common sense’ really a legal standard?

If you think federal regulators care about data-driven, evidence-based policymaking, a case currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will leave you scratching your head. The case involves a terrible Biden administration regulation driven by Big Labor. In defending ...

Opinion: America’s homegrown extremists

The suspect in the Minnesota murders, Vance Luther Boelter, has been charged, for now, with second-degree murder. He allegedly killed two people, Melissa and Mark Hortman, in cold blood, and shot and wounded two others. According to Minnesota police, he showed up at the homes of at least two ...

Letter to the editor: Celebrating the 4th of July

To the editor: Many of our citizens believe that we celebrate the Constitution of the United States on July 4. That is incorrect; we celebrate The Declaration of Independence. This document gives us rights and says: “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it ...

Opinion: Trump, war and the U.S. Constitution

Has the United States become what President Donald Trump recently condemned? Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? These questions should be central to a ...

Opinion: Renewable energy faces uncertainty

Kansas is a national leader in renewable energy. Over 40% of our electricity is generated by wind. This has created thousands of jobs, over $11 billion in capital investment, and tens of millions of dollars in revenue to Kansas communities. A new federal tax and spending measure in Congress, ...

Opinion: Russian and Iranian threats dim in summer brightness

Way back in 1919, the poet William Butler Yeats wrote of a time when the “centre cannot hold,” and “mere anarchy” and “the blood-dimmed tide” spread throughout the world. Sounds like today, doesn’t it? And yet, as the summer of 2025 begins, I see signs that the center is making ...