Opinion Line Extra (Oct. 19)

To further enhance the entertainment value of the presidential campaign, may I suggest that Comedy Central host the debates.

If any of the current Democratic presidential candidates actually gets elected, we will begin the final stage of the decades-long systematic destruction of American society as we have known it. Don’t let it happen.

Carly Fiorina couldn’t run a company but thinks she can run the country. Doubt it.

Hillary Clinton is hinted that HUD Secretary Julian Castro may be her pick for vice president. I was thinking more along the lines of a jailer. She may need help getting out.

If anybody watched President Obama’s interview with Steve Kroft, there can no doubt that he is either out of his flippin’ mind or on some very serious mind-altering drugs.

After reading and watching the recent interviews of billionaire Charles Koch, and listening to his concerns about impending “serfdom” and “economic disaster,” I have come to the conclusion that he must have very different definitions of those terms than working folks do.

The minimum-wage debate is not about getting a free ride. It’s about having enough money to cover the basic costs of food, clothing, rent, utilities and transportation. Without this, how do you expect these people to get through college? They can’t do it living in a car.

Of course removing the guns is the answer. Nobody ever heard of a drive-by knifing. Hunting rifles are all we should have ever allowed a “well-regulated militia” to have. But the gun nuts want everything short of a rocket launcher, so welcome to perpetual death America.

A chapel, by definition, is not (just) a place for Christian worship. According to Webster, it is “a subordinate or private place of worship.” Sorry, no particular religion defined.

It appears that the controversy over the Grace Memorial Chapel at WSU has unearthed a serious number of uninformed so-called Christians who are truly in need of a chapel in which to set themselves straight. If ignorance is bliss, these ought to be some very happy people.

When a great coach loses a hard-fought game, he compliments the other team’s members and coaches and accepts full responsibility for the loss. When a bad politician’s plans don’t work out, he blames everyone but himself, spins the facts and uses tax-funded underlings to castigate opponents. Sound familiar?

About a comment advocating to stop abortions by preventing pregnancy: The pro-life goal is to encourage and protect life. Providing contraceptives and birth control to “stop abortions” would be working against our goal: life.

The worst war on women is being waged by Planned Parenthood.

Jesus doesn’t care how many Bible verses you have memorized. He cares about how you treat people, especially people who cannot help you.

This story was originally published October 18, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Oct. 19)."