Opinion

My mother always said she couldn’t abide a liar. “Even if you murder someone,” she’d always admonish me.“Tellmethetruth,and then we’ll handle the situation.” I never questioned if my momthoughtIwasgoingto grow up to be a murderer, or whatshewoulddotohandle thesituation.Wherewelived, I’d seen my mother back off full grown derelicts with nothing but her stare and an upliftedindexfinger.Ihadno doubt she could handle a pack of detectives, and I could picture myself telling PerryMason,“NosirIdon’t need a lawyer, just send in my mom; she’ll handle the situation.” Raymond Burr was my mother’s favorite actor.

1956-2022 She never missed a deadline! .

It’s nice to see the majority standing up to put God and Patriotism back in public schools. For too long a minority has ruled that political correctness is more important than the principles this country was founded on.

At the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers in downtown Wichita stands a magnificent sculpture honoring the native American history of Kansas. This iconic sculpture is known as the Keeper of the Plains. It was created by a Wichita artist of Comanche and Kiowa descent, who had a remarkable career in the arts.

Life is difficult enough without comparing our lives to anyone else’s existence, and I wonder if social media is damaging the self-esteem of not only our young people, but people of all ages. After all, our self-esteem isn’t directly correlated with our age. The act of comparison means that something or someone will come up short. Or as my Grandpa Harpole used to say, “Come up a shorty horse.” When it’s a lifestyle or goals being compared it rarely turns out well. If you’re struggling with thoughts that you may be falling short of expectations the worst thing you can do is to judge your life, job and/ or school performance to that of others’ performances. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time and so will you. As the young people say, “You do you”.