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Opinion Line (Nov. 2)

So if the governor has only an 18 percent approval rating here in Kansas, how in the world did he get re-elected?


Our Constitution and justice system are based on the premise that it is better to let 1,000 guilty people go free rather than falsely jail one person. In Kris Kobach’s world, he denies 37,000 of their rights in order to persecute three people.


Phill Kline gives dishonest lawyers a bad name.


God bless the mainstream media.


The recent tragedy in Stillwater, where an out-of-control car caused such carnage, is just another example of why cars must be banned. More than 30,000 people die in needless events like this annually in the U.S. It is time to call on our congressmen to take action.


If that schoolgirl in South Carolina had done what she was told in the first place, none of this would have happened. Typically enough, she thought she was entitled, and now it’s all this hoopla.


The next time you need help, are in distress, or in an accident, don’t call the police. Call Leonard Pitts, Barack Obama, Quentin Tarantino, a gangbanger or a Black Lives Matter activist.


It speaks volumes about The Eagle when the paper keeps Leonard Pitts and drops Billy Graham.


Do the police enforce traffic violations anymore? Please start using an unassuming, unmarked Camry or F-150 to patrol traffic. I’m getting tired of the careless drivers.


Breast-feeding 102: Some women’s breasts do not expel milk as well as others, just like some men’s private parts don’t work. Stop giving guilt to the women who choose formula.


Is there anything more boring than listening to people talk about their health problems and their aches and pains?


Being a young man of dating age, I wish women would change the present hairstyles of straight hair parted in the center. They look cold and unloving. Bring back the old styles of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, when the hair was curly and girls were sweet and sassy.


Why do male golfers think it is OK to play with six players when the limit is five? They show no respect for other golfers. Women golfers would never do this.


If you can push a grocery cart through the store and to your vehicle, you can walk the cart to the cart stall.


Where in this town can you find scrambled eggs that are not overcooked?

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This story was originally published November 1, 2015 at 6:05 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Nov. 2)."

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