Time is now for Congress to act on DACA
Unconstitutional acts don’t become constitutional because you like the results. That’s why Congress, not the president, needs to give legal status to illegal immigrants brought here as children.
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A reminder that it’s all about perspective
Charles Payne, Lee’s Summit To the editor: The perspective that the James Webb telescope gives us is that the Earth does not qualify as a fly speck in terms of the cosmos. So is any religion qualified to say it is the one true belief system and anyone speaking against their beliefs is blasphemous and worthy of punishment. It is not even clear that we are a speck of dust on a speck of dust.
It’s a festival, so be who you need to be
If you could be anything for Halloween, what would you be? This is a story I’ve told before, but it’s a pretty good Halloween story, so I’m telling it again. When I was 10, my mother said if I wanted to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, I had to take my brothers.
Will politicians act to prevent slaughter in our classrooms?
The active-shooter scene this time wasn’t from a school in a faraway town like Uvalde, Texas, but rather right down the street at the Central Visual & Performing Arts dual high school complex right across the street from Tower Grove Park. The scenes of ambulance gurneys carting away victims and panicked students and adults running for cover brought home, once again, the painful reality of life in America today: Lawmakers continue doing their best to ensure that as many people as possible have access to guns, leaving teachers and children to deal with the aftermath when those guns fall into the wrong hands.
Learning loss demands immediate action
It’s no surprise that educational achievement suffered after two chaotic years of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s still distressing to see the desolate picture of students’ academics and ever- widening gap between lowand high-performing students revealed by the latest national proficiency test scores.
It’s been a good run. Enjoy love and laughter
Having spent a good deal of last night tossing and turning in trying to write my column in my head, but finding I am second-guessing myself with what is fact, what is fiction, and what will be acceptable to 100% of you, I have found I’ve reached the point where the only B.S. I am interested in is beaches and sunshine.
Dad’s discomfort with trans coach could derail daughter’s fun
DEAR ABBY: My 9-year-old daughter, “Kennedy,” plays volleyball. One of the assistant coaches is a transgender woman. I had known about the coach before Kennedy started playing. Although I’m OK with a transgender person coaching my child (I feel their gender identity is absolutely none of my business), my husband is not. He wants our daughter to quit a sport she loves so she won’t be “exposed” to something he doesn’t agree with. He is not transphobic, just very conservative, and he doesn’t want Kennedy growing up around it. We’re trying to steer her in the right direction with our Christian beliefs, which include loving and accepting everyone. The coach doesn’t broadcast the fact that she’s transgender; my daughter learned about it from a teammate. There is no other volleyball team in the area. How can I convince my husband to let her stay with a sport and team she loves? -- SPORTY MOM IN THE SOUTH DEAR MOM: Actually, your husband IS transphobic and possibly homophobic as well. He may think that by forbidding Kennedy from participating in volleyball, he is protecting her. However, what he fails to understand is that children are already aware.
Gallstones the result of hard bile deposits
I had stabs of pain in the upper right side of my abdomen one day, so I did a telehealth session. The nurse said it might be gallstones and to see my doctor if it repeats.
Voter beware: Divided government will be an unholy mess
With Election Day two weeks away, Republican prospects of taking control of the House of Representatives, already strong, appear to have solidified. Barring the unexpected, President Joe Biden’s next two years will be shaped by challenges from a House led by some of his most zealous opponents.
Time is running short: Congress must update Electoral Count Act
No matter what happens in the midterm elections, Congress should act before the end of this year to safeguard the nation from any more Trump-style attempts to overthrow the will of the voters. As the House select committee investigating the Jan.