Opinion Line (Nov. 29)

Anyone who loves Kansas’ big skies, sunsets, native grasses and rock formations can’t love the sight of wind farms. They are beyond ugly.

We might think our school buses are safe, but I have been concerned for years about how bus drivers go faster than I do and act like they are driving sports cars

To the farmers who now realize that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement was good for American agriculture but who voted for Donald Trump: You were warned but refused to listen.

Regardless of Trump’s many vulnerabilities, Hillary Clinton was an awful candidate. The post-election meltdown of the Democratic Party is demonstrating the wisdom of the voters

If you use the word “mandate” in your discussion of why to support Trump, you lose all credibility. You know he lost the vote, right?

I loved the letter asking why President Obama didn’t have a mandate. He wasn’t an abuser, a bigot, or hater. He didn’t belittle the handicapped or soldiers’ families. But he was doomed before he ever took office. He was black.

The popular vote is best summarized as two wolves and a lamb discussing what’s for dinner. The candidates would just campaign in California, Texas, Florida and New York. Would that make everyone feel their vote really counted?

I know we had to do something about scary clowns, but is putting them in the White House and Congress really the best solution?

Heaven help us if we ever have a war on American soil and we have to depend upon the millennials to defend us.

Before you send a donation to any of the many charities that are aggressively pleading for money, go to the website charitynavigator.org. Ensure your gift is used efficiently.

Is anyone else sick and tired of advertisers telling you what you have earned or what you deserve? If that’s the newest and best marketing gimmick they have, they need to give it up.

This story was originally published November 29, 2016 at 5:02 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (Nov. 29)."