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  • Takeaways from the debates at the Kansas State Fair
    The Kansas State Fair political debates over the weekend made national news, especially the part where the crowd chanted…
    by Dion Lefler – Wichita Eagle / September 18, 2026

  • Our democracy is not for sale to the highest bidder
    As a veteran, the oath I took to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,…
    by Mike Pellittiere – Maryland Matters / September 18, 2026

  • Mark Twain: The ideal American
    Mark Twain once said of the praise he’d received: “I do love compliments, yet I’m often embarrassed to say…
    by Mark McCormick – Kansas Reflector / September 16, 2026

  • Don’t let AI build the next AI
    “Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is…
    by Emily Otto – Guest opinion for The Washington Post / September 15, 2026

  • Don’t forget Masterson’s role in Kansas’s failed tax experiment 
    Kansans may remember the rise and spectacular fall of Gov. Sam Brownback’s disastrous tax experiment, which was designed to…
    by Ed Flentje – Kansas Reflector / September 14, 2026

  • Passing the smell test for data centers; bargain, don’t ban
    I remember the call. The city manager told me to buckle up. A re-zoning for a smelly new potato-salad…
    by Bill Fiander – Insight Kansas / September 14, 2026

  • Cynical political ploys can’t hide the obvious: Our problems run deep
    I admit my naïveté. When I first heard President Trump say, “I will issue a dividend to every adult…
    by Susan Lynn-Register editor / September 11, 2026

  • Past practices plague Sen. Roger Marshall
    U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, has taken it on the chin repeatedly over the past week. He wants another…
    by Clay Wirestone – Kansas Reflector / September 11, 2026

  • My dad died on Flight 93. I miss the way America responded
    When I was 10 years old, trauma arrived quietly, through the voice of my pediatrician. I was out of…
    by Charlie Greene – Guest essay for The New York Times / September 10, 2026

  • Brazil’s ‘mystery meat’ is a bad deal for the U.S.
    If you buy a T-shirt at Gap, it will have a label that tells you where it was made….
    by Eric Schlosser – Guest opinion for The New York Times / September 8, 2026

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