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Opinion Line (June 21)

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If Democrats continue to foster the notion that Russia was the cause of their loss in the 2016 presidential election, they’re destined to lose the next one as well.


Thoughts while watching Comey testimony: If I were president, from what I’ve seen and heard in the last six months, I would have canned Comey at 2 p.m. on Jan. 20.


My life began when one of the greatest presidents was in office, F.D.R. Now, as I’m nearing the end, the country is suffering from probably the worst president. I hate that.


It is naive to equate global warming with “the mind of mother nature.” The ill effects of global warming are largely due to man’s actions and disrespectful attitude toward the environment.


How much longer do we have to wait for local and state law enforcement to start protecting us from the drivers that are trying to kill us by speeding, weaving through traffic and other dangerous habits?


Kris Kobach never seemed to care how much of our money he spent traveling the country chasing voter suppression frivolous lawsuits. Yet he has the audacity to say our state has a spending problem?


If we’re serious about exporting jobs to save money, let’s consider exporting prisons as well. The country will be safer, and we’ll save billions.


“Politically correct” is the wrong term. The proper words are “humanly correct.” If we are decent human beings, we should want to treat one another with dignity and respect. It shouldn’t be so difficult.


So 25 percent of Kansas students are under-performing in school. Do you think that it could be because 30 percent of Kansas children live in poverty?


If our mayor is such an expert on environmental affairs, he should first apply some of his efforts to establishing a mandatory recycling program for our city.


We should all thank our state legislators for passing the largest single tax increase in state history and with the insult of making it retroactive to January 1 2017.

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This story was originally published June 21, 2017 at 5:01 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (June 21)."

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