Opinion

New girlfriend fears guy is a chump

Dear Amy: I started seeing "James" three months ago. I am 35 and he is 40. We both have successful careers, great communication, and an appetite for adventure. It has made for an amazing start, but I struggle with some baggage. James has a four-year-old daughter part time, whom I adore. James and his ex "Constance" were together for six years - never married. Constance has always been a stay-at-home mom, raising three older children that James considers stepchildren. Constance left James. He was shattered and confided in me that she must have been miserable to leave the financial security he provided. The thing is - she still has it!

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League launches partisan attack

To the editor: Since I first entered politics three years ago, I have never refused an invitation for any community event, including Leavenworth County League of Women Voters events, if it was in my power to attend, regardless of my personal misgivings about their organization’s politics. They claim to be non-partisan, but the vast majority of their membership is also deeply involved in the Leavenworth County Democratic Party.

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Abortion providers brace for ruling

In her first week on the job at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, Amanda Kifferly was taught how to search for bombs. About a year later, protesters blocked the entrances and exits of the The Women’s Centers, at one point pulling Kifferly into something resembling a mosh pit, where they surrounded her and shoved her around.

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Kansas Republican and a New York Democrat show how to compromise and get results

Our nation is facing a grave moral crisis. The deaths of the 19 elementary school children in Uvalde, Texas, has put the issue of gun violence squarely on the national agenda. Since we have just observed the second annual celebration of our newest national holiday, Juneteenth, it is appropriate to recall a famous statement from Dr. Martin Luther King: “The true measure of a society’s worth is how it treats its most vulnerable members.” No group in our society is more vulnerable than elementary school children.

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