Opinion Line (June 2)

Any zoo that shoots an animal because of the stupidity of a visitor should be closed permanently. It is not protecting either.

The animal activists need to get their priorities straight. The gorilla needed to be killed to save that little boy. Accidents happen. Children get away in a blink of an eye. It’s not always the parent’s fault. Is an animal more precious than a child?

Gorillas matter also. But in case something – albeit unlikely – happened, the zoo had to protect against lawsuits.

A U.S. president should not criticize another American while in a foreign country. It shows a lack of class.

Now that Obama has made amends for Hiroshima, when can we expect Japan’s prime minister to go to Hawaii and apologize for Pearl Harbor?

Those who think we should apologize to Japan for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war weren’t the ones who were slugging it out with the Japanese in the Pacific for two years, watching their buddies being killed among thousands. Know your history.

Obama protected Wall Street, as he was told to do. Now it’s time to cash in. I just love democracy.

The pension plan for our Kansas legislators is outrageous.

So were the Kansas legislators’ pensions on the list from the efficiency study? Well, these pensions should have been. Why are these folks getting any pension at all?

I want to thank editor Sherry Chisenhall for her many years of dedication to the paper, the community and The Wichita Eagle’s readership. My cats always wanted more cat comics in the paper, but in all other respects, they too send a big purr-y thanks to her.

Thank you, Wichita Eagle, for the return of the old crossword. It provides 20 or 30 minutes of memory exercise each morning. For most, the Universal Crossword is an exercise in looking up answers via electronics. Not my bag.

To the North Rock Road dog walker: We miss you.

This story was originally published June 2, 2016 at 12:03 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (June 2)."