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In electing lawmakers, Kansans might want to look past active-verb artists
True Story: The 2022 Kansas Legislature recessed in early April before coming back to a veto session. During the break, several legislators, the attorney general,

Want to find real election fraud? Look at the history of Kansas, United States in 1800s
The late Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights warrior in the Martin Luther King Jr. mold, chucked a rock at Kansas during his last year

In supporting Ukrainians’ struggle, let’s not go crazy by canceling Russia’s rich culture
If we want to root for Ukraine and back their efforts against Russia, that’s OK. But we don’t have to get crazy in the process.

Remembering Kansas’ own Bob Dole: Will we see his like again?
Remembering Kansas’ own Bob Dole: Will we see his like again? by Ron Smith, Kansas Reflector December 6, 2021 The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces

Removing sales tax on food creates a mess — why not add tax holidays instead?
Removing sales tax on food creates a mess — why not add tax holidays instead? by Ron Smith, Kansas Reflector November 27, 2021 The Kansas

CRT Is Not Ban-ible
John Micek’s June 4, 2021 column in my local newspaper was, “Fight Over Critical Race Theory Hits the Statehouse.” My classical liberalism background tells me