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I don't know what I was thinking: In 1973, when I was 11, I flushed an apple core down the toilet, an action I would come to regret.
June 18, 2016
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Tom Purcell
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The Wizard of Oz" made Kansas synonymous with tornadoes. But it took the Topeka tornado of June 1966, to bring this Hollywood fiction to reality. That twister was, at the time, said to be the most costly tornado in our country's history.
June 18, 2016
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Matt Keenan
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The mass murders in Orlando shouldn't be blamed on inadequate gun control laws, described as a lone wolf attack, characterized as a homegrown terrorist tragedy or dismissed as the act of a crazed hate crime perpetrator. Orlando represents a war on America, and the culprit is President Obama and his shackling of law enforcement in favor of political correctness.
June 16, 2016
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Joe Guzzardi
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"The ambassador answered us that...it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise."
June 16, 2016
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Joseph Cotto
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If neoconservatives and progressives truly understood fascism, they would stop using the word as a smear term. That is because both groups, along with most political figures and commentators, embrace fascist ideas and policies.
June 15, 2016
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Ron Paul
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I woke up, like everyone else, to tragedy Sunday morning.
June 15, 2016
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Christine Flowers
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So U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan thinks Donald Trump's comments about the Mexican heritage of a federal judge hearing a civil case against him are an example of "textbook racism," but he won't rescind his endorsement of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee?
June 14, 2016
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John L. Micek
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Someone needs to tell Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, YouTube and the European Union that the only way to stop a bad guy's speech is to counter it with a good guy's speech, not censor it.
June 14, 2016
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Susan Stamper Brown
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Here's a handy suggestion for businesses that wish to improve employee morale and enhance customer service - in this case, at a large resort hotel.
June 13, 2016
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Peter Funt
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It's time for Bernie Sanders to step down.
June 13, 2016
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Michael Reagan
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Dear Editor:
June 13, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Columnists
I've been to the moon. I've been burned. But more often I'm honored. I'm your American flag.
June 11, 2016
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James F. Burns
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Since Gov. Sam Brownback announced his solution to the state's budget problem, which includes significant cuts in KanCare, the state's Medicaid program, there has been a flurry of articles with inaccurate or incomplete information, and as a physician with firsthand knowledge of the consequences we're facing, I want to set the record straight.
June 10, 2016
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Special to the Tribune
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Columnists
While traveling across the country with your kids this summer, be sure to buckle-up and do your best to overlook all the potholes and crumbling bridges out there. Even if funding was available, things will probably remain in disrepair until your kids are grown, thanks to big government regulations and red tape.
June 09, 2016
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Susan Stamper Brown
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Every four years our nation's electoral eccentricities escalate exponentially and people throw up their hands and shout, "you know, every election cycle is wacky, but especially this one." But especially this one! With this one, the narrative changes faster than the score of a Wiffle Ball game played with aluminum bats. It's an election with the attention span of high-speed lint. It's an 18 month-long squirrel scamper.
June 09, 2016
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Will Durst
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