Opinion Line (Oct. 12)

We need a pipeline that pumps water across the country much more than we need an oil pipeline.

Global warming has yet to have altered any of President Obama’s golf dates.

Ben Carson is proving that it takes more smarts to run for president than to be a brain surgeon.

Hillary Clinton said jail “was the right thing” for Kim Davis. I was thinking the same thing about Clinton – lying about Benghazi, lying about her e-mails, putting our country’s security at risk by her selfish actions. If she were a Republican, she would already be in an orange jumpsuit.

Doesn’t anyone else see how terrorists will fill self-driving cars with C4 and remotely drive them to their destination? No more suicides necessary.

The hot debate concerning the shootings seems to have two sides: whether purchasing a gun should require better background inspection, or that improved mental health services are needed for those with unstable personalities. Why can’t there be both?

I can’t wait until the headlines read: “Killer walks into class to kill Christians and the Christians kill him instead.”

There is a fundamental difference between a law-abiding student legally carrying a concealed gun onto campus for self-protection and an enraged psychopath taking guns on campus to commit mass murder. Unfortunately, many journalists and politicians fail to understand this distinction.

How much more damage can Sam Brownback inflict on schoolchildren before business leaders say “Enough”? Why would any company want to move here?

There are more than 300 teacher vacancies in Kansas, and almost all of them are in counties that voted overwhelmingly for Brownback. When will people ever learn?

It seems strange that City Manager Robert Layton would set qualifications for the police chief position and then, after Terri Moses was a finalist, say her “skill set” was not suited for the job. Why was she qualified for the job, then disqualified?

The new airport doesn’t seem all that much bigger than the old one. You can change the building, but it’s the same people flying and the same people working there. I just don’t see the necessity. But I’m sure some people cashed in.

If you really want to stop abortion, the only way is to prevent pregnancy. Obvious, isn’t it? And that is what our Wichita Planned Parenthood does – provide women with birth control (and cancer screens). Not abortions.

Employers need to quit jerking people around and hire them.

This story was originally published October 11, 2015 at 7:05 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Oct. 12)."