Columns & Opinions

NIMBY: Afghan refugees aren’t the biggest threat to this nation

Thu, 10/07/2021 - 12:00am

There’s a popular acronym that often arises when something that sparks controversy is proposed - NIMBY - or Not In My Backyard.

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Some ‘isms’ are a bigger threat

Thu, 09/30/2021 - 12:00am

The biggest threat to this nation - according to the steady flow of e-mails we get from our Kansas lawmakers in Topeka and Washington, D.C., is the dark cloud of socialism.

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Filibuster: The minority can’t override the majority in a democracy

Thu, 09/30/2021 - 12:00am

What would we accomplish in Scott County if 40% of the people could stop anything from happening?

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Behaving like medieval peasants

Thu, 09/23/2021 - 12:00am

Americans are currently experiencing one of the most peculiar public episodes of my lifetime. Amid a deadly worldwide disease epidemic, many people are behaving like medieval peasants: alternately denying the existence of the plague, blaming an assortment of imaginary villains, or running around seeking chimerical miracle cures.