Opinion Line (Feb. 1)

Vote the hardliners out of office. We need cooperation and compromise in government.

I look forward to hearing the epithet “Brownback conservative” every election year for the next quarter century.

Dear Bill Self, will you please make Udoka Azubuike practice his free throws?

Let he who never, never, never had a racist thought about any color cast the first stone. Don’t kid yourself or others.

My wife thinks I should write to VP Pence, thanking him for casting the deciding vote to confirm Brownback’s confirmation. Only way to get him out of the state to where all he could screw up is the world’s religions.

No one can logically argue that others besides the victims didn't know about Larry Nassar's actions.

Signature Theatre’s production of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” was top notch in every way, with a cast of some of Wichita’s finest actors. Kudos to everyone involved.

In every commercial, someone is “walking and talking.” Where are they going and why can’t they stop and talk to us like normal people do instead of rushing somewhere?

To grab some free press, Kris Kobach lept into the fray regarding finance chief Dale Dennis and said, “Unelected bureaucrats should never get away with ignoring state law.” Does he think elected bureaucrats should get away with it?

$1,000 may be crumbs to Nancy Pelosi, who is worth millions, but $1,000 is almost a month’s pay for me.

I notice writers using the word “respect” often. You may not realize this, but respect is earned, not warranted or deserved.

Tide Pod challenge: It’s what happens when kids aren’t taught boundaries, respect, consequences or logic.

ISIS may have been driven out of parts of the Middle East, but the ideology is firmly established in the schools and young people’s minds. They will rise again and again.

I never heard a guitar solo that was too short.

If the Opinion Line were a tree, it would be one bearing noxious fruit.

This story was originally published February 1, 2018 at 4:00 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (Feb. 1)."