Opinion Line Extra (June 2)

Congratulations, Gov. Sam Brownback and legislators. You have convinced two more of my friends that it is not worth living in Kansas anymore. They’ve decided to move to a friendlier place.

Nothing offends a progressive like progress. Ironic.

Those who believe in global warming will learn too late that it has nothing to do with the environment but everything to do with money, power and control over the population. Are they so arrogant that they really believe humans can change the weather?

I hope Hillary Clinton doesn’t do her own driving. She might decide it’s “convenient” to go the wrong way down a one-way street. After all, she wouldn’t be doing it to be malicious.

To the person who said that “this Donald Trump thing ends” with us being beaten in a war: Maybe you could tell us how many wars we have “won” in the past 50-plus years. The answer is zero.

I follow what is said and what is true, without putting political party ahead of what’s good and necessary for our country to survive and prosper through the complexities of the world for the next four years. Sorry, Donald Trump.

The silver lining in this election year’s cloud is that Trump will not return to Wichita to babble his vitriol. His advisers know a state with such lemming-like party loyalty as to re-elect Gov. Sam Brownback will vote for any goofball presidential candidate on the Republican ticket.

Why can’t it be figured out how to get Trump’s wife to run for president in his place? We can handle looking at her hairdo more than his.

I think it is so wrong to lie to your child about anything on their original birth certificate or, later on in life, to lie to anyone else what sex you were when you were born.

As a well-known national commentator stated, there only need to be three designations for restrooms: men, women, Democrat. Problem solved.

The “Wheel of Fortune” TV show is late-night TV for older people.

Our TV shows have replaced encouraging heavy smoking with encouraging heavy drinking. The networks should back off all the encouragement to drink alcohol.

The Sedgwick County Zoo does not mistreat its elephants. Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus did. Big difference.

I was very disappointed in the Wichita Art and Book Fair this year. It was very small, and I couldn’t even find participating artists listed. It has been lackluster since separating from Riverfest.

This story was originally published June 2, 2016 at 12:02 AM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (June 2)."