Opinion Line (May 25)

I love our flag. I love seeing it soar. My only request is that all who fly it are on the same page, especially businesses. Some fly it at half-staff and some do not. I’d also like to know why it’s at half-staff.

A boy and his mother in Alabama bought a homeless man lunch, and then the boy said grace with 11 people witnessing it. They did more to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ than any Sunday sermon you will ever hear.

President Obama had better realize his two daughters could get caught up in a military draft should his inaction lead to World War III.

Want to know who Obama really is? Look to Wall Street’s training ground for upper-echelon government employees: Harvard.

Out of 320 million people in this country, the political parties can only muster the present “qualified” cast of characters for presidential candidates?

The media are busy asking Republican presidential candidates if they think Bush erred by invading Iraq. A more pertinent question is whether Obama erred by withdrawing all of our troops and abandoning Iraq.

If we elect a Republican president, will the copywriters at Fox News be able to make the switch from “it’s the president’s fault” to “thankfully the president” fast enough to keep their jobs?

Can we get the air bag recall to include our Kansas legislators?

Once again our legislators have shown their ignorance by suggesting the sales tax exemption on new municipal buildings be repealed. Surely some of them realize this will only result in local taxes going up to cover those added construction costs. It’s time to call your legislators.

They were after your money as businessmen. Do you think it’s any different now that they’re legislators?

I think we should consider transferring some of our Border Patrol agents to the Kansas borders – to prevent anyone who voted for Brownback from leaving Kansas.

Does anyone else ask themselves why Congress gives billions to other countries while we have many needs that are not being funded right here at home?

Seriously, the United Way is giving the Wichita school district in excess of $375,000 to help with absenteeism? Absenteeism is not a money issue. It is a lack of parents supervising and making sure their kids go to school.

Don’t abdicate your responsibility to discipline your children by counting at them in public unless you’re trying to teach them how to count. Take them to the restroom and properly spank them when they need it.

This story was originally published May 24, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (May 25)."