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Opinion Line (Jan. 21)

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In the past, the war on drugs was skewed to impact minorities. It will be interesting to see if the feds go after pot smokers in states where it’s been legalized because most of them are white middle class.


If you see the Wichita Police in your yard, lock and door and don’t come out. Call the Kansas Highway Patrol for protection.


I’m with President Trump on not wanting immigrants who will be a burden to the country.


I never truly appreciated the mainstream media until now, when is under attack, calling it fake news. The free media is one of the checks and balances of our democracy to keep people in power honest.


Can we stop with the oh-so-cutesy car and home insurance commercials which are designed to show us how cool and hip their business is? Everyone knows that insurance companies could care less about you or your claim.


Must everything anyone does or says anymore be called “a movement?” I changed a light bulb yesterday, join me in this brave new “movement.” Power to the people.


Trey Gowdy has resigned from the House Ethics committee because he has none.


The United States has been under threat of nuclear war for decades. And now we find out we are not even prepared.


So many of us grew up equating the White House and its residents with the highest levels of leadership, respect, integrity and compassion. So sad to see it becoming just another locker room.


“Women deserve respect, not ogling.” Perhaps if women do not wish to be ogled, they should dress appropriately.


If you ever have a dead horse that needs beating, just call a liberal Democrat. They excel at it.


When I grew up in the 1960s, businesses used to help pay for workers retirement and health care, and we lived on one paycheck from my father’s job in retail. Walmart’s latest wage increase of $700 million is one-half of 1 percent of 2017’s $125 billion profit.


If President Trump had been raised by any of our grandparents, he would have had his mouth washed out with soap for his language he used last week.


There was a terrible fight at my house last night. Alexa and Siri got into it, and the sparks were really flying.

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This story was originally published January 21, 2018 at 4:19 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (Jan. 21)."

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