Opinion Line (Feb. 10)

Can the state of Kansas sue Oklahoma for earthquake damage caused by Oklahoma fracking?

Economic development continues to thrive in Wichita with PolyOne closing. More layoffs, more unemployment, more people leaving Wichita. When we do it, we do it right. Last one out turn out the lights.

I got my new personal vanity license plate from the state recently, and the really ugly color makes it look like someone threw up on my bumper.

I’d rather pass a drunk on the road than a texting driver. At least the drunk is watching the road.

About walking while talking on your cellphone (Feb. 9 Eagle): What’s more annoying than shopping and having to hear someone wandering aimlessly around you, carrying on an aimless conversation, so loudly you can hear every word? Please either step outside or save it for home.

I’ve been reading Jane Mayer’s new book, “Dark Money,” mostly about how Charles and David Koch have bought political influence with their vast fortunes. Even if only 1 percent is true, it’s frightening. We definitely have an oligarchy in this country.

You’ve got to laugh at parents who want longer school recess time but fail to get their children off the couch playing video games at home.

Cam Newton learned Super Bowl wins are not entitlements.

Instead of leaving the postgame news conference in a huff, Cam Newton should have said, “If I had to lose to anyone, I’m glad it was to a great player and class act like Peyton Manning.” This would have ensured that at the end of his career he’d be looked at the same way.

While many think that quarterback Johnny Manziel has hit rock bottom in his personal and professional life, I do not think he is quite there yet. He will not have hit rock bottom until he starts dating a Kardashian.

As if the avalanche of TV commercials isn’t bad enough, how dare they show a boring commercial, then repeat it 30 seconds later during the same commercial break? Isn’t there something in our Constitution about “cruel and unusual punishment”?

I’ll probably never see it, because neither part appeals to me, but I kind of like living in a world where there’s a movie called “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”

This story was originally published February 9, 2016 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Feb. 10)."