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Opinion Line (Oct. 28)

The Sedgwick County Health Department is a public health agency, not the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the County Commission.


You cannot stop the immigration of illegals to the U.S. They are doing what humans have been doing since their beginning – moving to new places to better themselves and increase their population.


Do not underestimate Mexico and its people. They are cleaning house and standing on two solid feet. Government, energy and education have been overhauled. Their housing is also very solid: Hurricane Patricia passed with no deaths.


I’m going to vote for Donald Trump next year. We’ve never had an adolescent in the White House before. It could be fun.


Republicans in Congress were able to accomplish something Thursday: They made Hillary Clinton look presidential.


Benghazi – men died, Hillary lied.


Hillary Clinton is a fake. She’s rude, misleads Americans and lies. Her work ethic is sloppy, uninterested and lacks expertise. My common sense tells me she is simply a pathetic presidential candidate.


Four dead in Benghazi versus 12 in Aurora, Colo.; 32 in Blacksburg, Va.; 13 at Fort Hood; 26 in Newtown, Conn.; 13 at Columbine High School; 13 in Binghamton, N.Y.; nine in Charleston, S.C.; nine in Roseburg, Ore.; and on and on. Where is the outrage?


Ask the NRA for the right gun-control answer (Oct. 24 Letters to the Editor)? Sure, and then let’s ask the pit bulls what to do about injured postal workers.


Gov. Sam Brownback needs a big box of smart.


A survey conducted by Fort Hays State University finds that Kansans think gay marriage is OK, guns are bad and the rich don’t pay enough taxes. In what college dorm did they get their “random” sample?


Who is shocked that a survey conducted by a university “suggests” politically correct conclusions concerning gays and illegal immigrants? Who participated? “Randomly selected” gay and pro-immigration lobbies and indoctrinated students? Why not put these issues to a real vote?


A new study by the World Health Organization claims that eating processed meat causes cancer. A separate study has shown that reading too many studies by anti-meat organizations will give you a headache.


In El Dorado I went out to eat the all-American hamburger. But to get onion I had to pay extra. What’s America coming to?

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This story was originally published October 27, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Oct. 28)."

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