Commentary

If life matters, DEI needs to be rejected

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You’re a world-renown scientist on the verge of curing cancer. You’re pursuing a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to fund extra help for the final stage of research needed to finalize the cure. You’ve been solely focused on this effort, and this effort only, for your entire career and you’ve brought many other premier scientists on staff to complete this historic medical advancement.

Letters to the editor

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From Carolyn Simms Republic As we make preparations during this Holy Week (Easter), please consider with me these statements from an unknown source concerning JESUS CHRIST, the SAVIOR of the world: “1) Herod couldn’t kill HIM. 2) The grave couldn’t hold HIM.

No more free federal money for junk food

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A bill in the Kansas Legislature would bar use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, better known as Food Stamps) to buy candy and soda pop, which would require permission from the federal government.

Legislative update from the State Capitol

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State Represntative 106th District The Moser Minute #8 March 18 – March 22, 2024 A bit of committee work this week, and the rest was floor activity. Next week, March 25 – 28th, House members will be on the chamber floor all day every day working the last of the bills that will come before us for this 20232024 term.

Two dollar bills and April fools

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Be kind. I’ve heard of all kinds of pranks for April Fool’s Day but have decided it is best to leave the target a little dazed but not embarrassed.

Laura Kelly’s biggest priority

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Is it skyrocketing inflation in the cost of food and consumer goods and huge increases in the cost of housing? Is it millions of illegal immigrants descending upon the United States through Joe Biden’s flim-flam border and the resulting increases in violent crime in immigrant magnet communities? Is it a decaying level of clout on the world stage and runaway wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe that could ignite World War III? Could any of these possibly be the defining issue of the 2024 election cycle? Heavens no, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly told CNN interviewer Abby Phillip during a hen party interview of 7 female Democrat state governors recently. The defining issue of the upcoming election in the view of the Kansas chief executive is… wait for it… anything that curtails a woman disposing of her fetus and ending her pregnancy.

Endorsement for campaign season

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Despite being in the midst of a presidential preference primary election in Kansas, the slate has been set for the race for President of the United States. With Trump vs. Biden, the 2024 election will be a rematch of the 2020 election for the two major parties. It’s so very exciting, because now we’ll get to hear the two parties fight for the next few months about horrible things are with the party in power, or how horrible they would be with the other party in power.