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Kansas Views (Dec. 5)

Dec. 5 at 6:20 a.m.

Boeing — Boeing’s announcement that it was reviewing options — even closure — for its Wichita plant has caused a great deal of consternation among people all across the state, including, but not limited to, Boeing workers in Wichita, elected officials in Wichita and Sedgwick County, the entire populations of that city and county, a governor and legislators determined to improve the state’s economy, and the state’s congressional delegation.

Kathleen Parker: Today, Gingrich is prince of tides

By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post Dec. 4 at 7:17 a.m.

Things sure do change fast around here. One week it’s Rick Perry, the next it’s Herman Cain. Now it’s … Newt Gingrich?

Trudy Rubin: Peace process dead

By Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer Dec. 4 at 7:17 a.m.

When traveling in Israel and the West Bank, and talking to leaders on both sides, one thing soon becomes apparent: The Israeli-Palestinian peace process of the past two decades is dead.

Foreign policy getting short shrift

By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times Nov. 7 at 12:05 a.m.

Republicans usually enter a presidential campaign with a built-in advantage on at least one issue: national security. Historically, voters trust the GOP to be tougher than Democrats on defense and foreign policy.

Letters to the editor on teachers, 'In God We Trust,' loving neighbor, string quartet, Tallgrass festival

Nov. 7 at 5:32 a.m.

Teacher can't parent children

Leonard Pitts: Plenty of jobs for real Americans

Nov. 7 at 5:30 a.m.

The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Incentives matter

Nov. 6 at 6:32 a.m.

Sedgwick County needs all the jobs it can get, with other cities and even countries lining up for any cast-offs. A business with jobs to offer shouldn’t have to be publicly likened to a thief when it seeks economic development incentives legally available to it.

Letters to the editor on mosque, sustainability, pay to play, Occupy Wall Street, corporate taxes, 211, Big 12

Nov. 6 at 6:34 a.m.

Liberties at core of American values

Chapman Rackaway: Office of Repealer has opportunities

By Chapman Rackaway Nov. 6 at 6:38 a.m.

During his gubernatorial campaign, Sam Brownback proposed an Office of the Repealer. The Kansas repealer would scour the statute books for deadwood to cut out, and solicit ideas from the public to make government more responsive and agile.

Rob Siedlecki: Adopting Kansas child can be extraordinary

By Rob Siedlecki Nov. 6 at 6:38 a.m.

At this moment, there are about 420 Kansas children in temporary foster homes, waiting to be welcomed into loving, permanent families.

Carl P. Leubsdorf: First President Bush looks better with time

By Carl P. Leubsdorf, Dallas Morning News Nov. 5 at 6:35 a.m.

Many veterans of the George H.W. Bush administration recently gathered at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs for the release of oral histories by many top officials and a symposium assessing his presidency's lasting impact.

Letters to the editor on engaging in politics, rich, evolution, video game jobs, Huelskamp, Cowtown

Nov. 5 at 6:29 a.m.

Get off sidelines; engage in politics

How Wall Street went wrong

By Nicholas F. Brady, Washington Post Nov. 4 at 12:08 a.m.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is not the first time people have demonstrated against the establishment, but this situation is different. When many Americans marched against the Vietnam War, their anger was directed against U.S. politicians — and ultimately at the commander in chief and the military. This protest is aimed at private citizens.

$8.3 billion question

Nov. 4 at 12:39 p.m.

If the state were starting from scratch in creating a pension system, it would no doubt set up a 401(k)-type plan, like many businesses have. But that’s not the situation.

Amity Shlaes: Create jobs by cutting capital-gains taxes

By Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg News Nov. 4 at 6:26 a.m.

Along with jobs, raising taxes on the rich is one of the things the Wall Street protesters feel strongly about, as Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, is learning all too well.

Letters to the editor on mosque, education funding, arts funding, Koch protest, military mail

Nov. 4 at 6:26 a.m.

Hateful acts don't represent Wichita

Christine Todd Whitman: Wall Street protesters misdirect anger

By Christine Todd Whitman, Bloomberg News Nov. 3 at 12:08 a.m.

"You reap what you sow" used to be a widely understood principle. Today we seem to have lost that understanding as we watch the occupation of Wall Street and cities across the country.

Respect, protect rights

Nov. 3 at 5:28 a.m.

Until local and federal investigators have finished their work, it will be premature to conclude that the burning of a mosque in west Wichita was an act of religious hatred. But the mere possibility of it should alarm a community that so highly values faith and liberty.

Lincoln, Douglas: You each have 3 minutes

By Davis Merritt Nov. 3 at 12:08 a.m.

Start with James Madison, say, and Alexander Hamilton. Add any other six or seven men who debated the new U.S. Constitution in 1787, and march them onstage bound by the conventions of today's presidential debates.

Letters to the editor on 911 calls, Chamber, voting laws, campaign finance, PETA lawsuit

Nov. 3 at 5:29 a.m.

Fireworks, not 911 calls, are problem

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