Civil asset forfeiture boggles the mind. How can law enforcement organizations seize property without charging anyone and then just keep the proceeds? Money, vehicles and other potential evidence can just be whisked away.
Editorial: Kansas, Missouri senators do nothing as veterans exposed to toxins get sick and die One by one, U.S. military veterans walked to a podium at Kansas City’s VFW headquarters Tuesday, describing the brutal effects of exposure to toxic smoke while in the service.
One adjective often, and correctly, used for Putin’s invasion is “delusional.” Even if he manages to pound Ukraine into scorched rubble, he’ll still be further than when he began from anything resembling victory.
Kansas is one of a handful of states that have introduced anti-LGBTQ+ bills this year specifically targeting transgender women. There have been various anti-trans bills (HB2210, SB214, SB208 and SB484) introduced in the GOP-controlled Kansas State Legislature this session.
I suppose there is a good reason to withdraw from the pressures of the world from time to time, but 24/7? In books, TV programming, and movies we are hyper-committed to fiction and fantasy. The news is so full of political correctness that we can’t distinguish between hope and how things really are.
State Senator Rick Kloos waded into the cultural warfare fray on Facebook last week by calling for the Shawnee Heights High School Superintendent to remove the book, “Gender Queer,” from the school library.
George F. Kennan was the author of the post-WWII Marshall Plan and the diplomat who kept the Cold War from becoming “hot.” Therefore U.S. foreign policy experts paid attention when he wrote an essay in the New York Times on February 5, 1997, Section A, Page 23.
When Elon Musk bought the single largest stake in Twitter, then announced plans to acquire the whole company instead of just accepting a seat on its board, the response varied: Hosannas from many on the “right” who feel like they don’t get a fair shake from Twitter’s moderation/ban policies. Wails of anguish from many on the establishment “left” (not the real left -- that would be us libertarians) who’ve become accustomed to an echo chamber which “protects” them from THE BAD PEOPLE and their heterodox political views.
There was some very interesting reading at Kansas Reflector this week, statements by Nancy Kassabaum, a former GOP senator from Kansas. We’re talking about a trailblazer, the first woman elected to the U.S.
We all know how it feels to see a local beach or park filled with litter. But the eyesore is just the tip of the iceberg.