Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting.

Opinion Columns & Blogs

Opinion Line (Sept. 3)

E-mail comments, 40 words or fewer, to opline@wichitaeagle.com

I recognize the names of five people on the delinquent real estate tax list. Their names were also on an election ballot.


Wichita State University’s scholarship offer to Nico Hernandez shows what our university is all about. Congratulations, WSU.


Hillary Clinton held no press conferences open to all news organizations and avoided open questions for more than eight months. Is this absence of “open and honest communication” what we are to expect if she is elected president?


If Vladimir Putin, our enemy, likes Donald Trump and dislikes Clinton, I’m voting for Clinton. If you think President Obama was too weak in dealing with Russia on Crimea and the Ukraine, what do you think Trump will do?


What do you call people who lie and keep declaring the lie when solid evidence to the contrary exposes their lies? A clinical definition is sociopath. I give you Hillary Clinton and the present occupant of the White House.


Is it only me who would rather hear screeching chalk on a blackboard than hear Trump’s annoying voice?


If you think the Obama administration has had the reins on the Federal Reserve, please raise your right hand.


What is the government doing to protect Americans from outrageous price gouging by the pharmaceutical companies? Perhaps the option of shopping in Mexico or Canada for drugs should return.


Liberals claim that conservatives are violent because we own guns. When was the last time anyone saw a group of conservatives block a freeway, destroy cop cars, throw Molotov cocktails or riot?


Is it possible to get McDonald’s rage when children run screaming through the business all the time you are trying to eat? The parents are looking at their phone and not even paying attention.


I’m grateful to live in a city that promotes healthy living for all its citizens by constructing and maintaining bike lanes. It’s nice to see more folks enjoying them. It’s a win for all of us.


UFO pilots are avoiding Earth now that everybody has a video camera.

Join the conversation

E-mail comments, 40 words or fewer, to opline@wichitaeagle.com.

This story was originally published September 3, 2016 at 5:02 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (Sept. 3)."

Get unlimited digital access
#ReadLocal

Try 1 month for $1

CLAIM OFFER