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Letters to the editor on hate crimes law, evolution, abortion, haircut costs

Today at 6:49 a.m.

Crimes against gays already illegal: I found Mary Sanchez's column "Hate crimes law no threat to religious liberty" (Nov. 3 Opinion) to be sarcastic and mean-spirited

Prevent another financial debacle

Nov. 8 at 3:20 a.m.

The usual indicators of economic well-being remain on a roller coaster. Any hopes raised by the third quarter’s 3.5æpercent growth dipped with Friday’s news of the

Trudy Rubin: U.S. needs strategy for handling Karzai

Nov. 8 at 12:54 a.m.

The re-election of Afghan President Hamid Karzai creates new headaches for the Obama administration. But it also presents opportunities to be seized.

Kansas farmers would gain from cap-and-trade

By Tom Vilsack | Nov. 8 at 12:07 a.m.

Throughout history, America's farmers and ranchers have embraced the opportunities presented by science to improve productivity and make our country the breadbasket of the world. Today, rural America has the opportunity to once again embrace science and lead efforts to build a clean-energy economy, achieve energy independence, and combat global climate change.

Reforms still needed

Nov. 8 at 12:07 a.m.

The following is an excerpt of remarks made by FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair at Kansas State University's Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series last week in Manhattan:

Dr. Bill Roy: Need to get everyone in health care system

Nov. 7 at 1:53 a.m.

I have slowly realized that the fiasco going forward in Washington, D.C., under the rubric of health care reform is severely handicapped by the failure of the people of this nation to decide whether of not everyone has a right to health care.

Clarence Page: 'Death panel' canard won't die

By Clarence Page, Tribune Media Services | Nov. 6 at 12:07 a.m.

Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor-turned-blogger, cannot see Russia from her house, as Tina Fey's version of her claimed in a "Saturday Night Live" skit. But she is poking this country's politics from her laptop.

Jonah Goldberg: Conservatives tired of moderating

Nov. 6 at 12:50 a.m.

If there's one thing liberal pundits are experts on these days, it's the sorry state of conservatism. The airwaves and opinion pages brim with more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger lamentations on the GOP's failure to get with President Obama's program, the party's inevitable demographic demise and its thralldom to the demonic deities of the right — Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin.

Good luck with school consolidation

Nov. 6 at 12:07 a.m.

In general, state Rep. Jason Watkins, R-Wichita, is correct: The people of Kansas don't "buy into the argument that this is the way we have always done it so we have to keep doing it."

Obama has Fox News; Truman had Time magazine

By Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer | Nov. 5 at 12:07 a.m.

Harry Truman could have taught Barack Obama a thing or two about how to deal with a hostile press — basically, by ignoring it.

Trust eroding in jail consultant

Nov. 5 at 12:07 a.m.

Maybe in the end, the results from the Justice Concepts Inc. consulting firm will prove the majority on the Sedgwick County Commission right. County taxpayers certainly can hope so, because the county's control of the population of the Sedgwick County Jail is the only thing standing between them and another multimillion-dollar jail expansion.

Clarence Page: Racial hope fades despite Obama

Nov. 5 at 1:50 a.m.

In my favorite "Star Trek" episode, Capt. James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise encountered humanoids from a planet embroiled in war over an issue as clear as black and white. Literally.

Dear Sarah: Keep up the great writing

By Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald | Nov. 3 at 11:03 p.m.

Confidential response of Sarah Palin's book editor to the first draft of her coming memoir, "Going Rogue":

Roundtable illuminating, frustrating

Nov. 3 at 11:03 p.m.

Put suppliers and potential buyers in a room for an hour anytime, and the talk is guaranteed to be illuminating. Do it at a time when expectations far exceed resources, and frustration will follow, too.

Cal Thomas: Free-market fixes are best option

Nov. 4 at 6:44 a.m.

Why should Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., be believed when he promises states can "opt out" of a public option on health care? This isn't like opting out of sex education class. Individuals won't be able to avoid the consequences of national health care once the government puts the insurance companies out of business.

Health bill won't insure us against mounting deficits

By Jim Landers, Dallas Morning News | Nov. 2 at 11:05 p.m.

President Obama's top economic adviser said last week that health care reform is essential to gaining control of the nation's deficit. But Christina Romer was only able to applaud congressional attempts to keep from adding still more to the nation's overspending.

City-county pay gap hard to justify

Nov. 2 at 11:05 p.m.

Most observers of the Sedgwick County Commission and Wichita City Council would be hard-pressed to explain why a seat on the commission should draw more in annual salary than a seat on the council — let alone nearly $50,000 more.

Mary Sanchez: Hate crimes law no threat to religious liberty

Nov. 3 at 6:29 a.m.

Congress' recent vote to finally include sexual orientation in hate crimes legislation has caused near hysterics in some religious communities. Someone needs to remind these pious folks that in America, religious freedom is indeed a sacred, secure right. They remain free to demonize the immoral or ungodly, even as those lost souls are free to carry on their lives in peace as they see fit.

Kansas views

Nov. 2 at 6:20 a.m.

Stimulus —A picture-perfect example of the Republican criticism of the Democratic administration's stimulus program came from the lips of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.: "Unfortunately, it is much more of a government stimulus than an economic stimulus and the bill will be left to be paid by our grandchildren," he said. His separation between the government and the people would be funny if it weren't so exasperating. How irritating it is to have a U.S. senator suggest that money spent on public schools, public highways and to care for the indigent is somehow less important to the state's economy than money spent in the private sector — as though public employees weren't people; as though state spending was somehow robbed of any impact on the economy.— Iola Register

Jonah Goldberg: NEA still paying to play

By Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Media Services | Nov. 1 at 11:02 p.m.

It seems Rocco Landesman, the head of the National Endowment for the Arts, didn't get the memo, literally.

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