Anxious driver is compelled to take the wheel
Dear Amy: I have this "thing" about needing to drive, no matter whose vehicle it is. I have to drive.
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Can journalists and grieving communities coexist in tragedy?
As a knot of journalists stood across from a mortuary witnessing a funeral for a child killed in the Uvalde school massacre, some people passing by didn’t disguise their anger. “Y’all are the scum of the Earth,” said one woman, surveying the cameras.
Vote for the VTB amendment
To the editor: On Aug. 2, be sure to vote “yes” on the “Value Them Both” constitutional amendment.
A memorable Memorial Day with fellow Vietnam veterans
On this past Memorial Day, I was in Pennsylvania to reunite with soldiers who had served in the U.S. Army 199th Infantry Brigade in Vietnam.
Aunt is devastated when private letter is read
Dear Amy: In 2020, my nephew, "TJ," graduated from high school. My husband and I are especially close to him.
U.S. sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
VP Harris looks to show her clout at Summit of the Americas
Vice President Kamala Harris will have an opportunity to connect with leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean as she welcomes them to her home state this week for the Summit of the Americas. But whether she can demonstrate her clout at the hemisphere’s premier gathering — being held on U.S. soil for the first time since 1994 — remains an open question.
Preliminary assessment of the governor’s race in Kansas
With the 2022 election year well underway, it is appropriate to make a preliminary assessment of the 2022 governor’s race in Kansas. I stress preliminary because as the saying goes “a week is a long time in politics” so there is still a lot of time until the November 2022 election. However, there are enough facts on the ground to be able to make a preliminary assessment of which party will win. Both Democrats and Republicans have contested primaries for the governorship, so as of today it is not certain who each party’s nominee will be.
Leave the families out of it
To the editor: On June 1, the chairman of the Leavenworth County Democratic Party and candidate for state school board, Mr. Jeff Howards, posted my son Joseph’s photo and Horizon scholar bio in three different posts on his Pat Proctor hate page.
An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?
Americans are processing the nightmare of the slaughter of children in Texas, the racist murders in Buffalo, New York, and the other numbingly repeated scenes of carnage in the United States. They’re contending with what feels like highway robbery at the gas pump, they’re nagged by a virus that the world can’t shake, and they’re split into two hostile camps over politics and culture — the twin pillars of the nation’s foundation.